The heat is on

Yes, we know that it's the dead of winter for many of you. And in many cases, it was a winter that came earlier than usual. Nevertheless, the World Meteorological Organization recently announced that 2014 is likely to be the hottest on record for the planet. This would make 2014 the 38th consecutive year with a higher than average annual global temperature.

It's very hard to take in massive, global weather data like this, especially when our individual, day to…