Climate change: UN report confirms 2015 hottest year since records began

Earth has just experienced the hottest year since records began, according to a report by the United Nations. Greenhouse gases are behind the trend, most scientists believe. Doomsday Clock stuck near midnight due to climate change and nuclear war https://t.co/AuZprhcT6u #Guardian— News, Views, People. (@NewsViewsPeople) January 26, 2016 Researchers have also taken into account factors such as a powerful “El Nino” – that’s the band of warm ocean water and wind which can spark an increase in temperatures across the world. “2015 would have been the warmest year on record without El Nino. But the occurrence of El Nino at the same time, starting in late 2015 pushed the global temperatures even slightly higher than they would have been,” explained Compton Tucker, NASA scientist. The UN World Meteorological Organization report confirms findings by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration showing that for the first time, on record, temperatures in 2015 were about one degree Celsius above the pre-industrial era.