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August 21, 2016 12:00 am

Every Month This Year Has Been the Hottest In Recorded History

Slashdot reader iONiUM quotes an article from Vice that calls attention to the fact thatrecord-setting temperatures in July are just part of the story: On Wednesday, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that July was the hottest month ever recorded on our planet, since modern record-keeping began in 1880. NASA has reached the same conclusion. July smashed all previous records... "We should be absolutely concerned," [NOAA climatologist] Sanchez-Lugo said. "We need to look at ways to adapt and mitigate. If we don't, temperatures will continue to increase"... But the truth is that record-breaking temperatures, month after month, year after year, are starting to look less like an exception, more like the norm. In fact, CityLab reports that the earth has now experienced 14 consecutive months of unprecedented hotness. Although July stands out, Vice notes that "each consecutive month in 2016 has broken its own previous record (May was the hottest May, April the hottest April, etc.)..."

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