Graphic detail | Winter is not coming

The northern-hemisphere winter of 2019-20 was the warmest ever on land

Temperatures stayed roughly the same from November to March

THE MOST commonly cited risks of climate change are natural disasters: fiercer wildfires and hurricanes, bigger floods and longer droughts. But one of the most striking recent effects of global warming has been unusually mild weather in many parts of the world.

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