While global temperatures are the highest they've been since formal records began in the 19th century, warming has largely stalled since 1998. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
The Internet also provides some tools for those who want to create a more formal record. (edutopia.org)
Although there is not the same formal record, I would say my success rate in new research experiments is less than one in five. (sciencemag.org)