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Nov 14th, 2005, 05:32 AM
Could this be the hottest year on record?
By Melissa Fyfe
Environment Reporter
November 14, 2005
THIS year may not have seemed like a scorcher, but it is firming as the hottest year since records began.
The past decade had unusually hot years, but 2005 is the one climatologists are watching closely. The record year, 1998, had the "El Nino of the century", significantly raising temperatures. This year could exceed that benchmark without an El Nino, a warming of the Pacific Ocean that affects Australia's climate.
In a statement to be released today, the Bureau of Meteorology says the first 10 months of 2005 were the warmest equivalent period since monthly records began in 1950, and it probably would be the hottest year since annual records began in 1910. Climate scientists are picking up a similar trend globally.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/could-this-be-the-hottest-year-on-record/2005/11/13/1131816810804.html
The image is not available online, but in the paper there was a graph included with this story that showed the trendline between 1950 and today. Not only are average annual temperatures increasing, but cold years are warmer and hot years are hotter. They estimate a change in annual average temperatures of at least one degree, a very large amount for a very small timeframe.
Turn off your computers everybody!!!
By Melissa Fyfe
Environment Reporter
November 14, 2005
THIS year may not have seemed like a scorcher, but it is firming as the hottest year since records began.
The past decade had unusually hot years, but 2005 is the one climatologists are watching closely. The record year, 1998, had the "El Nino of the century", significantly raising temperatures. This year could exceed that benchmark without an El Nino, a warming of the Pacific Ocean that affects Australia's climate.
In a statement to be released today, the Bureau of Meteorology says the first 10 months of 2005 were the warmest equivalent period since monthly records began in 1950, and it probably would be the hottest year since annual records began in 1910. Climate scientists are picking up a similar trend globally.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/could-this-be-the-hottest-year-on-record/2005/11/13/1131816810804.html
The image is not available online, but in the paper there was a graph included with this story that showed the trendline between 1950 and today. Not only are average annual temperatures increasing, but cold years are warmer and hot years are hotter. They estimate a change in annual average temperatures of at least one degree, a very large amount for a very small timeframe.
Turn off your computers everybody!!!