Ars Technica: After 2014 set the record for annual average global surface temperature, 2015 promptly smashed it. By the end of 2015, the incredibly strong El Nio that had developed to help fuel that record enabled climate scientists to predict that 2016 was almost certain to break the record again. With the first half of 2016s temperatures in the books, this prediction is proving to be on target.
In a press conference Tuesday, NASA scientists highlighted the standout temperatures we've seen so far in 2016....