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Re: 2009: Second Warmest Year on Record; End of Warmest Decade,01.21.10

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On 8/1/2016 11:48 PM, Sergio wrote:
> http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/temp-analysis-2009.html
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> 2009 was tied for the second warmest year in the modern record, a new
> NASA analysis of global surface temperature shows. The analysis,
> conducted by the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York
> City, also shows that in the Southern Hemisphere, 2009 was the warmest
> year since modern records began in 1880.

> Although 2008 was the coolest year of the decade -- due to strong
> cooling of the tropical Pacific Ocean -- 2009 saw a return to
> near-record global temperatures. The past year was only a fraction of a
> degree cooler than 2005, the warmest year on record, and tied with a
> cluster of other years -- 1998, 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2007 -- as the
> second warmest year since recordkeeping began.

> “There’s always an interest in the annual temperature numbers and on a
> given year’s ranking, but usually that misses the point,” said James
> Hansen, the director of GISS. “There's substantial year-to-year
> variability of global temperature caused by the tropical El Niño-La Niña
> cycle. But when we average temperature over five or ten years to
> minimize that variability, we find that global warming is continuing
> unabated."
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2009: Second Warmest Year on Record; End of Warmest Decade,01.21.10 Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-08-01 23:48 -0500
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