The ten warmest years on record have been after 1997. The first half or 2010 has topped all previous records. A couple maps and charts on this site provide the details.
So why hasn't there been more action on curbing the coming climate catastrophe? Never mind the deniers, what about the common people? Changes are happening -- strawberries are ripening earlier and lakes are cloudier because the ice melts earlier allowing leaves more time to decompose. But changes are happening slowly enough and are abstract enough (cloudy water = too much carbon?) and happen far away enough that they become normalized. We get used to the changes instead of bothered by them. This is a difficult calamity for us to respond to.
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