Two of the leading centers that track global surface temperatures have reported their data for May, and they both found it to be the warmest such month on record for the planetNASA found that May had an average global temperature that was 1.38 degrees Fahrenheit above average, which would make it the warmest such month, coming out far ahead of May 2012. The Japanese Meteorological Agency's separate analysis also found both May and the meteorological spring months of March through May to be the warmest on record.
These results are preliminary, with the data subject to revision. Later this week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will release their global numbers, which typically closely match the other centers, but sometimes differ slightly in rankings. According to the World Meteorological Agency, all but one of the 10 warmest years on record have occurred in the 21st century. Read more...
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These results are preliminary, with the data subject to revision. Later this week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will release their global numbers, which typically closely match the other centers, but sometimes differ slightly in rankings. According to the World Meteorological Agency, all but one of the 10 warmest years on record have occurred in the 21st century. Read more...
More about Nasa, Climate Change, Global Warming, Us World, and Us Reported by Mashable 50 minutes ago.