# Scientists have avoided linking January’s record-high global temperatures to human-caused climate change. Despite reporting that temperatures were 1.33 degrees Celcius above the 20th-century average, researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration did not say that greenhouse gas emissions were responsible for the increase. According to New Scientist, the agency faces rising pressure from the Trump administration to downplay climate change, with references to global warming removed from web pages.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration avoids linking January’s record heat to climate change