U.N.: 2015 is the hottest year on record

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Source: CBS News

WASHINGTON -- Because of man-made global warming and a strong El Nino, Earth's wild weather this year is smashing the annual heat record, the World Meteorological Organization announced on Wednesday.

The United Nations weather agency's early bird report on 2015 says it is the hottest year on record, surpassing last year's record heat. It made the proclamation without waiting for the end of the year because it has been so extraordinarily hot, forecast to stay that way and unlikely to cool down enough to not set a record.

The report comes the week before world leaders assemble in Paris to try to negotiate an agreement to fight climate change.

"This is all bad news for the planet," the agency's secretary-general, Michel Jarraud, said in a statement.

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Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/un-weather-agency-reports-2015-is-hottest-year-on-record/

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[niyad]

1. but the deniers will be out in full force.

[Buzz Clik]

2. Hey. Who are you going to believe: a bunch of UN scientists or ...

... Sean Hannity?

[SpankMe]

3. Nothing to see here. Move on. Move on..... n/t

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4. Sen. Inhofe's favorite journal...

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5. Q. What if we completely stopped using fossil fuels starting today? A.

Answer, for those wondering.

What would happen to the climate if we were to stop emitting carbon dioxide today, right now? Would we return to the climate of our elders? The simple answer is no. Once we release the carbon dioxide stored in the fossil fuels we burn, it accumulates in and moves amongst the atmosphere, the oceans, the land, and the plants and animals of the biosphere. The released carbon dioxide will remain in the atmosphere for thousands of years. Only after many millennia will it return to rocks, for example, through the formation of calcium carbonate – limestone – as marine organisms' shells settle to the bottom of the ocean. But on time spans relevant to humans, once released the carbon dioxide is in our environment essentially forever. It does not go away, unless we, ourselves, remove it.

If we stop emitting today, it’s not the end of the story for global warming. There’s a delay in temperature increase as the climate catches up with all the carbon that’s in the atmosphere. After maybe 40 more years, the climate will stabilize at a temperature higher than what was normal for previous generations...- IFLscience.com

2015's record highest temperatures will seem mild to those of 2055 and beyond.

Look into the eyes of your future genealogical legacy, your children and tell them you're sorry.