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New data suggests more extreme weather events in 2015 (AAP)
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2015 was the hottest year on record, according to new data out of the United States. While the strong El Nino weather event has played a role, human causes are also being blamed. ... reports. Extreme weather events experienced in 2015 were unlike conditions seen before. And to climate scientists, like Professor Will Steffen from the Australian National University, the hottest year since records began in 1880, is a milestone for all the wrong reasons.


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2015 was the hottest year on record, according to new data out of the United States. While the strong El Nino weather event has played a role, human causes are also being blamed. ... reports. Extreme weather events experienced in 2015 were unlike conditions seen before. And to climate scientists, like Professor Will Steffen from the Australian National University, the hottest year since records began in 1880, is a milestone for all the wrong reasons.



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