• The year 2014 was the warmest year across global land and ocean surfaces since records began in 1880.
• This marks the 38th consecutive year that the yearly global temperature was above average.
• Nine of the 10 warmest years in the 135-year period of record have occurred in the 21st century. 1998 ranks as the fourth warmest year on record.
• Nineteen of the 20 warmest years on record have occurred in the past 20 years.
• The 2014 global average ocean temperature was also record high.
• This is the first time since 1990 the high temperature record was broken in the absence of El Nino conditions at any time during the year in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean.
• Overall, the global annual temperature has increased at an average rate of .11 degrees Fahrenheit per decade since 1880 and at an average rate of .28 degrees Fahrenheit per decade since 1970.
• Much of the record warmth for the globe can be attributed to record warmth in the global oceans, with three all-time new monthly high lobal ocean temperature records set in a single calendar year.
• Most areas of the world experienced above-average annual temperatures... record warmth was observed over various regions of the world's land surfaces, including Far East Russia into Western Alaska, the western United States, parts of interior South America, most of Europe stretching into northern Africa, and parts of both eastern and western coastal Australia.
• Nineteen European countries were expected to observe their hottest year on record.
• 2014 was the warmest year on record for the United Kingdom since records began in 1910.
• The Arctic is warming at more than twice the rate compared with lower latitudes.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lance-simmens/turn-up-the-heat-on-clima_b_7828020.html
• This marks the 38th consecutive year that the yearly global temperature was above average.
• Nine of the 10 warmest years in the 135-year period of record have occurred in the 21st century. 1998 ranks as the fourth warmest year on record.
• Nineteen of the 20 warmest years on record have occurred in the past 20 years.
• The 2014 global average ocean temperature was also record high.
• This is the first time since 1990 the high temperature record was broken in the absence of El Nino conditions at any time during the year in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean.
• Overall, the global annual temperature has increased at an average rate of .11 degrees Fahrenheit per decade since 1880 and at an average rate of .28 degrees Fahrenheit per decade since 1970.
• Much of the record warmth for the globe can be attributed to record warmth in the global oceans, with three all-time new monthly high lobal ocean temperature records set in a single calendar year.
• Most areas of the world experienced above-average annual temperatures... record warmth was observed over various regions of the world's land surfaces, including Far East Russia into Western Alaska, the western United States, parts of interior South America, most of Europe stretching into northern Africa, and parts of both eastern and western coastal Australia.
• Nineteen European countries were expected to observe their hottest year on record.
• 2014 was the warmest year on record for the United Kingdom since records began in 1910.
• The Arctic is warming at more than twice the rate compared with lower latitudes.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lance-simmens/turn-up-the-heat-on-clima_b_7828020.html
