Scientists react to Earth’s warmest year: ‘We are heading into a new unknown’

For the third time in as many years, the planet’s temperature has soared to a record high.

NOAA and NASA announced Wednesday that 2016 was the warmest year on record for Earth.

Several other organizations, which also track the Earth’s temperatures, also concluded 2016 was record-warm:

2016 was a record in all surface data sets pic.twitter.com/25aQKrOQqb

— Gavin Schmidt (@ClimateOfGavin) January 18, 2017

In NOAA’s analysis, temperatures over both the land and ocean reached record highs. No land area was cooler than average.

Read the story from The Washington Post - “Scientists react to Earth’s warmest year: ‘We are heading into a new unknown’.”