US science agency says 2015 is 97% likely to be the hottest year on record
Source: The Guardian
US science agency says 2015 is 97% likely to be the hottest year on record
Adam Vaughan
Thursday 17 September 2015 18.42 BST
The world has experienced record-breaking warmth every month so far in 2015, making this year virtually guaranteed to be the hottest on record, according to a US science agency.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) said that 2015 was 97% likely to be the hottest year so far, eclipsing 2014, the current warmest year.
Last month was the warmest ever August globally since records began in 1880, at 1.58F above the 20th century average. Every month this year has been the hottest on record, with the period of January to August 1.51F above the long-term average.
In an update published on Thursday by Noaa, scientists said that manmade global warming and the El Niño climate phenomenon were the cause.
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