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2015 Was the Hottest Year on Record

Long-term climate change got a boost from the developing El Niño and obliterated previous records.


NASA images by Joshua Stevens, based on data from the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Caption by Mike Carlowicz.

Published January 21, 2016
Data acquired January 1, 1950 - December 31, 2015

Sources:
In situ Measurement
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