Watch This Time-Lapse NASA Video Of Us Turning Earth Into An Oven

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2014 was the hottest year since we started taking the planet's temperature. And the odds of it being a fluke are 1 in 650 million.

This past year was chillier than usual in the eastern United States. But everywhere else on Earth, it was hot. Hotter, in fact, than it has been in the 134 years since scientists started keeping track of average global temperatures.

Earlier this morning, NASA confirmed that 2014 broke all global warming records since 1880. The National Climatic Data Center compiled the data and posted a full report online. Here’s what some of that data looks like, in an incredible (and colorful) time-lapse of the planet transitioning from cold to hot.

http://www.vocativ.com/culture/science/time-lapse-earth-global-warming/