Here’s Why 2016 Could Be Even Warmer Than 2015

On a really hot day, anyone who says ‘hot enough for you?’ to another person will immediately be set on fire.” That’s one of “society’s new laws” proclaimed by Stephen Colbert on the second episode of his new Late Show on CBS.

We my be seeing a lot of spontaneous combustion over the next year. Researchers at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center (CPC) reported Thursday we’re now in an El Niño that is both “strong” and will last through the spring. The resulting burst of regional warming in the tropical Pacific on top of the strong long-term global warming trend means that, as Climate Progress has been reporting for months, 2015 will easily be the hottest …READ MORE