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January 21, 2016

2015 was Hottest Year Ever on Record-By Far
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Scientists have reported 2015 was the hottest year on record by far. The
experts pinned the record-breaking heat on long-term global warming
caused by the emission of greenhouse gases. 2015's record breaks the
previous record set the year before, in 2014. In response to the
findings, Gerald Meehl, a scientist at the National Center for
Atmospheric Research, said, "The whole system is warming up,
relentlessly."


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