Climate Change Concerns: 2009 was hot. 2010 could break records

In an earlier post I wondered out loud: Will 2010 be the warmest year on record?

It could be. March, April, May and June are the hottest months on record (since 1880). That’s why your shoes and socks have been so muggy for the last four months.


[“If the heat continues to rise, 2010 will bet out 2005 for warmest year on record.” July 17, London Free Press]

For more news about annual temperatures I linked to Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NY.

Excerpts from a recent report follow:

2009: Second Warmest Year on Record; End of Warmest Decade (Jan. 21, 2010)

“2009 was tied for the second warmest year in the modern record, a new NASA analysis of global surface temperature shows. The analysis, conducted by the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City, also shows that in the Southern Hemisphere, 2009 was the warmest year since modern records began in 1880.”

“Although 2008 was the coolest year of the decade, due to strong cooling of the tropical Pacific Ocean, 2009 saw a return to near-record global temperatures.”

“The past year was only a fraction of a degree cooler than 2005, the warmest year on record, and tied with a cluster of other years — 1998, 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2007 — as the second warmest year since record keeping began.”


re the graph


“Except for a leveling off between the 1940s and 1970s, Earth's surface temperatures have increased since 1880.”

“The last decade has brought the temperatures to the highest levels ever recorded.”

“The graph shows global annual surface temperatures relative to 1951-1980 mean temperatures. As shown by the red line, long-term trends are more apparent when temperatures are averaged over a five year period.” (Image credit: NASA/GISS)

It’s apparent. Hot times in the city are getting hotter.

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