In 2014 the average temperature of the Earth's surface was 0.75 °C above the 1951–1980 average, the highest since reliable global records began in 1880. Each new record shows how much the planet has warmed since the industrial era, mainly because of greenhouse gases released by burning coal, oil and gas. It took place in 2014.
Before and after
- 2014Construction of Shanghai Tower
- 20142014 Odesa clashes
- 2014European migrant crisis
- 2014Known exoplanets pass 1,000
- 20142014 becomes the warmest year on record
- from 19 January 2014 to 23 February 20142014 Hrushevskoho Street riots
- 7 February 2014Construction of Fisht Olympic Stadium
- from 12 February 2014 to 1 May 20142014 Venezuelan protests
- from 19 February 2014 to 21 March 20142014 Russian invasion of Crimea
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The era
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