Global surface temperatures in 2013 were among the highest since scientists started keeping records in 1880. But federal agencies on Tuesday differed when putting last year’s climate in historical context.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reports that 2013 tied with 2003 for the fourth warmest year. However, NASA said 2009 and 2006 tied for the seventh place

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"This is a real thing," Gavin Schmidt, a climate scientists for NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, told Mashable. "It doesn’t go away because it’s snowing in New York today." Read more...

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