Live Science: 2012 was a year of climate records, from temperatures to ice melt to sea level rise, a newly released report on the state of the global climate says. Even though natural climate cycles have slowed the planet's rising temperature, 2012 was one of the 10 hottest years since 1880, according to the report released today (Aug. 6) by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. One reason the world's warming is slower in recent years is because of recent La Nia conditions in the Pacific Ocean,...