Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Hottest on record: 2012 was America's warmest ever year, scientists say

Guardian: Temperatures in the United States have reached record levels, making 2012 by far the hottest year in the history books. A year of negligible winter, punishing heat waves, drought, and monster storms, such as Sandy, contributed to the record year in the continguous United States, according to a report released on Tuesday by the National Climatic Data Center. Temperature differences are ordinarily measured by fractions of degrees, but 2012 was a full degree Fahrenheit hotter than the previous...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/08/hottest-on-record-2012-america
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