Top 11 Warmest Years On Record Have All Been In Last 13 Years

[RedEarth]

Source: ScienceDaily

ScienceDaily (Dec. 13, 2007) — The decade of 1998-2007 is the warmest on record, according to data sources obtained by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The global mean surface temperature for 2007 is currently estimated at 0.41°C/0.74°F above the 1961-1990 annual average of 14.00°C/57.20°F.


The University of East Anglia and the Met Office's Hadley Centre have released preliminary global temperature figures for 2007, which show the top 11 warmest years all occurring in the last 13 years. The provisional global figure for 2007 using data from January to November, currently places the year as the seventh warmest on records dating back to 1850.

Other remarkable global climatic events recorded so far in 2007 include record-low Arctic sea ice extent, which led to first recorded opening of the Canadian Northwest Passage; the relatively small Antarctic Ozone Hole; development of La Niña in the central and eastern Equatorial Pacific; and devastating floods, drought and storms in many places around the world.



Read more: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/0712131014...

[Lone_Star_Dem]

1. I can hear the deniers already

"What about the two years that didn't set records? Their average temperatures are proof you're all just a bunch of alarmist."

[ixion]

2. yep, and they'll keep denying it, even as our cities submerge

like the idiots that they are.

[Lisa]

3. good news on the smaller ozone hole ... bad news on the sea ice ...

It's been an interesting year.

And to think that a "cold" winter like the one we're having so far, used to be referred to as (ahem) "normal".