The East Coast was the only region in the world with below-average temperatures in 2014

Last year was the hottest on record, both on land an in the sea, according to a report released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the American Meteorological Society. The peer-reviewed report, "State of the Climate in 2014" (read it here), draws from the work of 413 scientists in 58 countries, and it contained little good news. Concentrations of major greenhouse gasses like carbon dioxide and methane hit record levels in 2014, NOAA says, and average globa...