Evidence often cited by climate scientists and also normal people attempting to demonstrate just how much we've destroyed the Earth shows that we've experienced 13 of the hottest 15 years on record since 2000. Climate deniers will respond, reminding you that they aren't scientists, but they have it on pretty good authority that the climate is always changing -- we just don't have anything to do with it.

So, the people at Climate Central made an animation in which they examine just how likely it is for us to have experienced so many record-breaking years in such a short period of time if human-influenced global warming isn't to blame. The odds? 1-in-27 million.

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Here's how they got to that number: