2014 warmest year on record, warns report

Global sea levels swelled to a high, tropical cyclones multiplied, and the world’s thermometer set a record in 2014, according to a report that tracks climate.

The Earth’s “annual physical” found evidence of warming around the globe, from shrinking glaciers and Arctic sea ice to record levels of greenhouse gases.

The data, from 413 researchers in 58 countries, was released by the American Meteorological Society.