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Climate change

Remember back in February, in winter, people were claiming global warming did not exist because it was snowing. In winter, nonetheless. Well, where are all of those people now?!

The globe recorded its warmest May since record keeping began in 1880, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The May temperature anomaly of 0.69°C (1.24°F) beat the previous record set in 1998 by 0.06°C. We've now had three consecutive warmest months on record, the first time that has happened since 1998.

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