At Halfway Point, 2008 is the Ninth Warmest Year on Record
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Category: EnergyType: News
Source: US Department of Energy (Biomass)
Date: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
The 1st half of 2008 ranks as the ninth warmest on record, according to global statistics released by the Countrywide Climatic Data Center (NCDC) on July 16. With La Niña conditions depressing sea surface temperatures for much of the beginning of this year, scientist did not expect 2008 to break any temperature records, but the La Niña event has now passed, and warmer ocean temperatures are expected for the remainder of the year. The NCDC, a part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), ranks global land temperatures for the 1st half of the year as the 8th warmest on record, while global ocean temperatures are the 10th warmest on record. For the 1st half of 2008, global temperatures are 0.79°F above the mean temperature for the 20th century, while the record for the 1st half of a year was set a decade ago, at 1.15°F above the 20th-century mean. See the N.O.A.A. press release and the NCDC's global analysis for June.
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