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Global warming ‘hiatus’ theory trashed by new study
NEWS: Notion temperatures paused between 1998-2013 dismantled by Stanford researchers in further blow to climate sceptics
Global temperatures hit record 11 month hot streak
Average temperatures over the land and oceans in March were nothing short of remarkable, 1.22C above the historic average
Global warming hits oceans, Addis cash and outline climate deal
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May 2015 was the hottest on record, say US govt scientists
NEWS: Record temperatures and impending El Nino set year on course to be warmest since 1880
Corals everywhere could lose their colour in 2015 – NOAA
NEWS: US federal agency predicts mass die-off of the world’s coral reefs in 2015 as a result of climate change
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October 2014 ‘warmest on record’ – NOAA
NEWS: US weather agency says October 2014 broke all the records – and that the year is on track to be the hottest ever
Earth on course for hottest year since 1880
NEWS: Global heat records fall as month by month data from US federal agency indicates world is warming
Warming records fall as July comes in as fourth hottest
NEWS: Last month’s average temperature was 16.44C. That’s 0.64C above the 20th century average
Climate data from 2013 shows clear signs of warming
NEWS: Greenhouse gases continued to climb, with concentrations of major gases reaching historically high levels say scientists
June 2014 was hottest on record since 1880 – NOAA
NEWS: Latest data shows land and sea temperatures broke records stretching back to 1880
May 2014 hottest on Planet Earth since 1880
NEWS: Average temperatures 0.74C higher than 20C average say US government scientists
Global cooling? The world is still warming says US agency
New US data shows that 2013 maintained the warming trend of recent decades, with most of the world experiencing above-average annual temperatures
Greener Arctic ‘warming rapidly’ says US agency
Ice melt declined in 2013 due to cooler temperatures, but NOAA says North Pole continues to heat leading to changes on land and sea
NOAA: August 2013 temperatures fourth highest on record
August the 342nd consecutive month with a global temperature above the 20th century average
Extreme weather in 2012 directly linked to climate change
Scientists say rising sea levels and global warming increased magnitude and likelihood of 2012 extreme weather, including Hurricane Sandy
How scientists at NOAA are mapping New York’s watery future
When Hurricane Sandy hit, New York’s flooding maps were 30 years out of date. NOAA scientists are making sure this never happens again
NOAA: 2012 heat is ‘new normal’ for the climate
Morning summary: Last year was one of the 10 hottest on record, while rising sea levels and a melting Arctic point to a ‘new normal’ say scientists
June 2013 fifth warmest since 1880 – NOAA data
US drought continues to afflict 46% of country as NOAA record one of the hottest months of June since records started
2012 confirmed as 10th warmest year on record
NOAA and NASA results put global surface temperatures 0.57°C higher than the 20th century average
US 2012 weather extremes mapped
The National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has published a map of extreme US events with low snowfall, continuing drought and damaged crops leaving a difficult legacy for 2013
333rd consecutive month with temperature above 20th Century average
Latest figures from US based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration find November 2012 to be the fifth warmest since records began
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