http://abh-news.com/2010-warmest-year-worldwide-since-1880-3690.html
Sine record keeping started the temperature has slowly risen over the years but this year has set a record itself- it’s the warmest year recorded so far. This year has had the warmest average temperature for January-June on record 57.5 F (12.2 C).The fact was brought to light by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. June saw the worst of heat sending the average temperature for the half year of 2010 to higher than expected. The climate analysis chief Jay Lawrimore said “Global temperatures have been rising for the last 100-plus years. Much of the increase is due to increases in greenhouse gases.” The average temperature in June was 61.1 degrees Fahrenheit (16.2 Celsius), worldwide the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Thursday. That was 1.22 degrees F (0.68 C) warmer than average for June. But there were some exceptions to this worldwide trend. The temperature at some parts of the southern china and northern US recorded a little low temperatures than expected of the global trend. Then there was Peru, eastern US and western Asia that recorded temperatures warmer than normal. The rising temperature has indicated an increase in the natural disasters like floods droughts and storms. As explained by the analysts that the increasing temperatures increases the capacity of atmosphere to hold more water. This leads to an increase in the rainfall and causing floods. The floods and droughts will be seen in adjacent places. Heavy snow too will be recorded. Droughts are likely to be more severe and heat waves more frequent. Besides the temperatures the factor raising alarms is the level of sea water and the rapidly melting polar ice. NOAA said that Arctic sea ice covered 4.2 million square miles (10.9 million square kilometers). This is the lowest June coverage since records began in 1979 and 10.6 percent below the 1979-2000 average. It is the 19th consecutive June with below average sea ice. The melting ice sounds the danger of submerging coastal areas. But some other agencies say that the picture presented by the government on the climate issue is not as grim and there is still some time left to make amends and save the Earth from global warming and its aftermaths. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.
