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2014 may be the hottest year on record

The year 2014 is poised to become the warmest year ever measured, suggests new data released by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The combined temperature of June, July and August has been unprecedented in historical records, said the NOAA data, suggesting that Earth’s oceans reached a level last month not seen since humans have been keeping comprehensive weather data, wired.com reported.‘Global ocean temperatures in August 2014 warmed to the largest departure from average for any month on record,’ according to a NOAA statement.

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