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: 4, Funny) by aristarchus on Saturday January 21 2017, @08:26AM
Have you considered the possibility that its not people but a single person?!
SJWs, Climate Scientists, Commies, Queers, Feminists, Egalitarians of all stripes
In reality they are all one person.
That would be me. I am jmorris's SJW. I am the one who knocks jmorris.
I have been assigned by SJW Headquarters to keep an eye on jmorris. We have Chinese operatives who for like $50 have collected everything there is to be known about jmorris. Curiously, jmorris seems to be located in Russia.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday January 22 2017, @12:30AM
They don't pay you enough for this shit.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 3, Insightful) by aristarchus on Sunday January 22 2017, @03:38AM
We in the SJW Corps think of it more as public service, for the greater good and Social Justice. It is really the least anyone can do, as a member of the human species.