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Even with a possible cool end to the year, 2010 is expected to be no lower than third in a record where 1998 and 2005 are warmest. The UN panel of climate scientists says higher temperatures mean more floods, heatwaves and rising sea levels.”I think it’s too close to call. Based on these numbers it’ll be second, but it depends on how warm November and December are,” said Dr Phil Jones, director of the Climatic Research Unit CRU, at the University of East Anglia, which says 1998 was the record year so far.By contrast, scientists at Nasa say surface temperatures through October were above the previous record year, which it says was 2005. Differences between years are only a few hundredths of a degree.”I would not be surprised if most or all groups found that 2010 was tied for the warmest year,” said Nasa’s Dr James Hansen.
via 2010 on course to be joint hottest year since 1850 | Environment | guardian.co.uk.
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