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UN confirms 2014 'hottest year on record'

2015-02-02 11:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: The year 2014 was the hottest on record, part of a "warming trend" that appeared set to continue, the UN's weather agency said Monday. Average global air temperatures in 2014 were 0.57 degrees Celsius (1.03 degree Fahrenheit) higher than the long-term average of 14 C (57.2 F) for a 1961-1990 reference period, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a statement. "Fourteen of the 15 hottest years have all been this century," said WMO secretary general Michel Jarraud. "In 2014,...

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Australia: Warm oceans make 2014 the hottest year on record, Mildura Victoria's hottest town

2015-01-17 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Age: Unusually warm seas helped drive annual global temperatures to a record level in 2014 and are likely to ensure this year has a similarly hot start, climate experts say. Two leading US agencies, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA, have declared last year was the hottest, based on data going back to 1880, adding to an earlier confirmation by Japan. Globally, average land and sea-surface temperatures were 0.69 degrees above the 20th century average, "easily surpassing"...

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Warm oceans drive hottest year on record with more to come, US agencies say

2015-01-17 00:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Naracoorte Herald: Unusually warm seas helped drive annual global temperatures to a record level in 2014 and are likely to ensure this year has a similarly hot start, climate experts say. Unusually warm seas helped drive annual global temperatures to a record level in 2014 and are likely to ensure this year has a similarly hot start, climate experts say. Two leading US agencies, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA, have declared last year was the hottest in data going back to 1880, adding...

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2014 Confirmed as Hottest Year On Record, With Spike Ocean Temperatures

2015-01-16 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Geographic: The year 2014 was the hottest since record-keeping began in 1880, according to independent reviews of temperature data released Friday by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Globally, land and ocean temperatures were 1.24°F (0.69°C) higher than the average for the 20th century-passing previous highs set in 2005 and 2010. The announcement comes as international negotiators are still struggling to reach agreement to reduce global carbon dioxide emissions in the wake...

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U.S. scientists call 2014 Earth's hottest year on record

2015-01-16 19:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Last year was Earth's hottest on record in new evidence that people are disrupting the climate by burning fossil fuels that release greenhouse gases into the air, two U.S. government agencies said on Friday. The White House said the studies, by the U.S. space agency NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), showed climate change was happening now and that action was needed to cut rising world greenhouse gas emissions. The 10 warmest years since records began in the...

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