WMO: 2014 May Be Hottest on Record as Oceans Warm

Record high ocean temperatures will make 2014 the hottest year on record, or at least among the very warmest, in evidence of a long-term trend of global warming, the U.N.'s weather agency said on Wednesday. Including this year, 14 of the 15 most sweltering years on record will have been in the 21st century, the World Meteorological Organization [WMO] said of the findings issued during 190-nation talks in Lima on ways to fight climate change. “There is no standstill in global...

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