Climate Central: Last year was one of the globes 10 warmest years on record, with numerous milestones set that indicate that global warming is continuing, despite a plateau in the short-term trend in global average surface temperatures, according to a new climate report released on Tuesday. The report, which amounts to a 260-page checkup of the health of the climate system, details sweeping changes that took place last year in the Arctic, with records set for the lowest sea ice extent in the satellite era, lowest...