rocksea
16th October 2005, 11:45 AM
New international climate data show that 2005 is on track to be the hottest year on record, continuing a 25-year trend of rising global temperatures.
http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2005/10/13/GR2005101300122.gif
Climatologists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies calculated the record-breaking global average temperature, which now surpasses 1998's record by a tenth of a degree Fahrenheit, from readings taken at 7,200 weather stations scattered around the world.
Source: National Center for Atmospheric Research | *30-year period: 1961-1990 | The Washington Post
Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/12/AR2005101202498.html
http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2005/10/13/GR2005101300122.gif
Climatologists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies calculated the record-breaking global average temperature, which now surpasses 1998's record by a tenth of a degree Fahrenheit, from readings taken at 7,200 weather stations scattered around the world.
Source: National Center for Atmospheric Research | *30-year period: 1961-1990 | The Washington Post
Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/12/AR2005101202498.html