2014 confirmed as hottest year on record

We've written earlier that 2014 was likely to be the hottest on record for the planet. Now, we unfortunately have confirmation of those worst fears. This week, Scientists at two independent organizations — NASA (the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) issued separate data compilations showing that 2014 was the warmest year since record–keeping began in 1880. Two other scientific groups that track global temperatures — one in Japan, and another in Britain,…