2016 was the warmest year since humans began keeping records, by a wide margin. Global average temperatures were extremely hot in the first few months of the year, pushed up by a large El NiƱo event. Global surface temperatures dropped in the second half of 2016, yet still show a continuation of global warming.
This is the third record-breaking year in a row.
Berkeley Earth's work has been published in Science Advances (DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1601207) (DX)
Also at NASA (Javascript required) and the Washington Post.
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Saturday January 21 2017, @08:04AM
Well, in that case you surely can show the scrutiny under which it evaporates, right?
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday January 21 2017, @01:37PM
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Saturday January 21 2017, @01:47PM
What image are you referring to? Because I can't seem to be able to find an image that fits your claim.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.