
Originally Posted by
knightofalbion
The first decade of this century is "by far" the warmest since instrumental records began, say the UK Met Office and World Meterological Organization.
Their analyses also show that 2009 will almost certainly be the warmest in the 160 year record.
Burgeoning El Nino conditions, adding to man-made greenhouse warming, have pushed 2009 into the 'top ten' years.
The US space agency Nasa suggests that a new global temperature record will be set "in the next one or two years" - BBC News 10/12/2009