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Scientists say this decade was warmest, 2009 fifth-warmest year on record
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| Last Edited | RP Dec 08, 2009 01:03pm |
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| Author | Hank Lacey |
| News Date | Tuesday, December 8, 2009 02:50:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Scientists have concluded that the first decade of the 21st century is the warmest one in recorded history.
The report, which was issued by the World Meteorological Association on the second day of an international conference on climate change, also said that 2009 will likely end up as the fifth-warmest year since 1850, the year researchers began to collect climate records.
The annual mean temperature on all of the planet's continents except North America was higher than the historical norm in 2009, the scientists said, and "large parts" of southern Asia and central Africa will probably end up having experienced the warmest year on record. |
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