2015 likely to be warmest year ever, claims report

MIAMI: Last month marked the hottest November in 136 years, marking seven months in a row of record-breaking temperatures that are set to make 2015 the warmest year in modern history, US government scientists said on Thursday. The November temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.75 degrees Fahrenheit (0.97 degrees Celsius) above the 20th century average, said the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in its monthly climate report. “This was the highest for November in the 1880-2015 record,” said the report. “Most of the globe is covered in record warmth,” said Jake Crouch, climate scientist at NOAA’s National Centres for Environmental Information.