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the media, next gen climate, the Green News Report, and activism from 350 God-a-Lard.

2015 is on track to be the hottest year in recorded history.

Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently released the report

showing that July was the single-warmer's month on planet Earth in history.

Nine of the ten hottest months since record keeping began in 1880 have occurred since 2005.

This news comes as scientists at Columbia University released a report which shows that

global warming has worsened the California drought, now entering its fourth year.

Meanwhile, this summer saw wildfires explode across the Western United States with Washington

State breaking the record for acres burned this year.

The state had the single largest wildfire on record, and some have attributed the surge

of migrants from Syria to Europe to changing weather patterns.

According to Time Magazine, large swaths of Syria suffered an extreme drought from 2006

to 2011, which was exacerbated by climate change.

That drought reportedly led to increased poverty and relocation to urban areas.

All this comes as time is running out for the diplomats who are trying to forge a meaningful

climate change agreement ahead of the UN climate summit in Paris later this year.

On Monday, French President François Hollande noted Paris talks could risk failure if countries

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