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Proof: August was joint-hottest month ever recorded globally

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469fb54c9c8e23177c48c28a29320f0c9cae61eb4899845bd5c991673fdb9f07

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-469fb54c9c8e.json prints 469fb54c9c8e23177c48c28a29320f0c9cae61eb4899845bd5c991673fdb9f07. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. There is no OpenTimestamps receipt for this record yet.
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

This headline has not been sealed. Headlines are sealed automatically within minutes of first being seen; older ones are sealed on request, and are then marked as a backfill.