photo: Pranav Yaddanapudi via flickr New NOAA temperature data has been released including August temperatures and this year’s record-setting global trend continues: “For January-August 2010, the global land and ocean surface temperature of 14.7°C tied with 1998 as the warmest January-August period on record. This value is 0.67°C above the 20th century average.” August itself went down in history as being among the warmest recorded as well…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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2010 Is Now Tied For Hottest Year on Record (So Far)
