NEW YORK – Global temperature rose 30%, carbon dioxide rose 3.16%, and sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean dropped 21.72%, according to this month’s Goaloop Climate Report, which compares statistics from October 2019 to those 5 years ago.

Using data collected by the NASA Goddard Institute, NOAA, and the NSIDC, the Goaloop Climate Report tracks the difference in three critical climate metrics from five years ago, each month. For more information, please see Goaloop.org/about and Goaloop.org/faqs.