14 of Earth's hottest 15 years have occurred in this century

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With 2014 headed toward a record for one of the warmest years since instrument records began in 1880, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said Wednesday that 14 of the planet's warmest 15 years have all occurred since the year 2000

The WMO report, which includes data on increasing heat content in the oceans, rising greenhouse gases, and melting Arctic sea ice and land-based ice sheets around the world, rebuts claims that global warming has stalled, which is known in the climate science community as the warming "hiatus."

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