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U.S. government agency studies show that 2014 was the warmest year on record, and suggest findings bolster the argument that people are altering the Earth's climate. Mana Rabiee reports.
U.S. government agency studies show that 2014 was the warmest year on record, and suggest findings bolster the argument that people are altering the Earth's climate. Mana Rabiee reports.
Staying fit is a challenge at any age, but 103-year-old Mieko Nagaoka continues to swim laps well past her century mark. In fact, the Japanese world record swimmer is training twice a week with her son Hiroyuki Nagaoka at the Yanai Swimming school in Japan's Yamaguchi prefecture, for another major competition. Her body is not failing her, in fact, she is only getting stronger and quicker in preparation for when her speed in the water will be measured against the clock.
The U.N. World Meteorlogical Organization confirms that 2015 was the hottest year on record. Katie Sargent reports
Days before international climate talks will take place in Paris, a United Nations agency has announced that climate change is to blame for extreme weather this year, and temperatures have reached record-breaking highs.
Carlo Buontempo, director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), says it is virtually certain that the high temperatures in July mean that "the month as a whole will become the warmest July on record, the warmest month on record". The top 21 hottest days have "all occurred this month", he adds. SOUNDBITE