It's been a rough year, meteorologically speaking, on the Blue Marble.
We've seen record heat, record snow, record flooding, record drought, rising sea levels and super typhoons — and extreme climate events are expected to continue unless humans taks action to reduce emissions and lower the planet's temperature.
Take a look at the photos below to see the extreme weather and climate events that plagued 2014.
Record warm year
It is virtually certain that 2014 will go down in history as the globe's warmest year on record since instrumental records began in 1880. In a telling sign of global warming, 14 out of the 15 warmest years have all occurred since the year 2000. Read more...
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