2017 will rank among Earth's top 5 warmest years

This year will almost certainly rank as one of the planet's top five warmest years on record, according to new data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA. In fact, the top NASA climate scientist reported Monday that 2017 is likely to be the second-warmest year on record, behind 2016, which in turn displaced 2015 from the top spot.  http://mashable.com/2017/12/19/top-5-hottest-years-global-warming-nasa-noaa/#Tn4sU03Vpmq5
Article courtesy of Mashable by Andrew Freedman