Last year was the world’s hottest since reliable records began in the late 1800’s, and was also likely the hottest in the history of human civilization, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The Tokyo-based agency is one of four worldwide that calculate global trends in somewhat different ways. A day after the JMA announcement, the University of Alabama in Huntsville said 2014 was the third warmest in the 36-year global satellite temperature record. But researchers there cautioned that the difference from previous hot years as measured by satellites was so narrow as to be “not statistically different than zero.” Data from other agencies pointed to unprecedented ocean warmth as the main driver of the new record atmospheric heat.
Earthweek | Steve Newman
Week ending Jan. 9.
The Plain Dealer January 10 A2
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