Heat records tumble as days pass - 2015 the hottest yet?

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nother day, another smashed temperature record.

Earlier this week, a trio of independent analyses by scientists in the UK, Japan, and the US found that global temperatures over the summer were among the highest on record.

Wednesday, US scientists announced that sea ice extent in the Arctic shrunk to its fourth-lowest minimum ever this summer.

And Thursday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, scientists joined the chorus with a report that found that last month was the hottest August ever recorded, and that 2015 is on pace to be the hottest year on record.

Read the MotherJones story - “2015 Will Probably Be the Hottest Year on Record”.