This decade has been the warmest decade on record

The World Meteorlogical Organization and the UK Met Office have said that this decade (the years since 2000) has been the warmest decade since instrumental records began in 1850. On average, this decade has been 0.18C warmer than the 1990’s, and about 0.44C above the long-term average.

Also, 2009 looks likely to be the 5th warmest year on record.

More info can be found on the BBC News website.

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