2010 hits global temperature high

[Jeffersons Ghost]

2010 hits global temperature high

2010 was the warmest year since global temperature records began in 1850 - although margins of uncertainty make it a statistical tie with 1998 and 2005.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) concludes 2010 was 0.53C warmer than the average for the period 1961-90 - a period commonly used as a baseline.

The 10 warmest years have all occurred since 1998, it notes.

The WMO analysis combines data from three leading research agencies, and is regarded as the most authoritative.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12241692

[Morning Dew]

1. How can this be?

It's cold here today.
:evilgrin:

K&R

[Jeffersons Ghost]

2. It's cold here too but maybe not as cold as it's been in past years. Looks like Global Warming to me

[stuntcat]

3. "The 10 warmest years have all occurred since 1998"

this needs to be repeated for people who think this doesn't mean anything to them.

[Uncle Joe]

4. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Jeffersons Ghost.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. We've experienced an extreme of temperatures

Now that it's winter, it's bitterly cold here in the NE, with a whole lot of snowstorms, three in the past week. But the summer was oppressively hot, went to Vermont where I used to spend summers, never was that warm when I was a kid, even in August, but this year it was unbearable. x(