Guardian: 2015 smashed the record for hottest year by about 0.14°C. To put that into perspective, the previous two hottest years (2014 and 2010) only broke the prior records by 0.002°C, according to Berkeley Earth data. The only time the temperature record was shattered by such a large margin was in the monster El Nio year of 1998.
While the current El Nio event is also becoming monstrously strong, its only now reaching its peak intensity, and theres an approximately 4-month lag before changes in El...