2017 was the hottest year on record without an El Niño, thanks to global warming | Dana Nuccitelli

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By Dana NuccitelliJan 2, 2018, 6:00 am275 pts
Climate scientists predicted the rapid rise in global surface temperatures that we’re now seeing 2017 was the second-hottest year on record according to Nasa data, and was the hottest year without the short-term warming influence of an El Niño event: the [ocean] heat uptake is by no means permanent: when the…

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