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: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Saturday January 21 2017, @08:17AM
Once we see you lying we ain't going to suddenly believe you when you double down, triple down and pinkie swear that THIS time you aren't lying.
Hey, look! jmorris is lying again! Surprise, surprise, surprise! Tell us another, jmorris! Tell us about the Rooskies! Please? C'mon, don't be shy! We promises to believe you this time, seriously!