Annual checkup of Earth’s climate says we’re in hotter water

By SETH BORENSTEIN ASSOCIATED PRESS JULY 17, 2015

WASHINGTON — In their annual, detailed physical of Earth’s climate, scientists say the world is in increasingly hot and rising water.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the American Meteorological Society’s annual state of the climate report, released Thursday, delves into the details of already reported record-smashing warmth globally in 2014, giving special attention to the world’s oceans.