Grist: Hold onto your hats. Or parasols. Its getting warmer.
The land and sea temperatures are in for last month, and it was the hottest September in 135 years of record keeping by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. May, June, and August also set records.
That means 2014 has tied 1998 for the warmest first nine months on record -- and it will likely surpass 2010 for warmest year on record. In fact, theres been a lot of record breaking these last few years. The APs Seth Borenstein...