Warming Trends Continue in 2014
Photo Credit: World Meteorological Organization
“Fourteen of the fifteen hottest years have all been this century. We expect global warming to continue, given that rising levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and the increasing heat content of the oceans are committing us to a warmer future.”
~ Secretary-General Michel Jarraud, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, February 2, 2015
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Hottest Year Ever
Bruce Melton, Truthout: The 2014 average global temperature was “very likely” the highest ever recorded, but only by a little bit. Still, regardless of how global temperatures are calculated and the IPCC uses statistical language, climate change is real, the Greenland ice sheet is melting and sea levels are rising.
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