Reuters: This year may eclipse 2010 as the hottest since records began in the 19th century, a sign long-term global warming is being stoked by rising greenhouse gas emissions, scientists said.
The period of January to October 2014 is already among the warmest ever recorded, and a warm ending to the year could easily make it top, according to U.S. and British data.
Skeptics who doubt the necessity of a shift away from fossil fuels to stop the Earth's climate from heating up point out that world average...