Rising global temperatures. With its fourth place showing, 2018 now ranks behind 2016, 2017, 2015 and ahead of 2014 on the list of the warmest years. (Image: Shutterstock)

The last five years were collectively the world's warmest on record, two of the largest U.S. science agencies announced on Wednesday.

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