2014 Brought Record Warmth To Land And Sea, Government Report Finds

Last year was likely the warmest year since 1880, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed on Thursday in a report written by hundreds of scientists from 58 countries.  The report analyzes four independent datasets of global temperature records, but its authors caution that their conclusion isn't definitive. "We cannot conclusively claim that 2014 was the warmest year in the real world when uncertainty is factored in," they wrote. But 2014 at least was the second-warmest ...