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Global Warming Mapped
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Published December 10, 2010
The average global temperature has increased by about 0.8°Celsius since 1880, and two-thirds of the warming occurred after 1975.
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How Warm Was Summer 2010?
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Published October 1, 2010
2010 was the 4th warmest summer in the 131-year-temperature record. Unusually warm summers in the U.S. and Europe created the impression of global warming run amuck, but extrapolating global trends based on one or two regions can be misleading.
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Global Temperature Anomalies, July 2010
Published August 18, 2010
This color-coded map shows temperature anomalies for July 2010. Areas with above-average temperatures appear in shades of red, and areas with below-normal temperatures appear in shades of blue.
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Global Temperature Anomalies, May 2010
Published June 25, 2010
This color-coded map shows global temperatures for May 2010. Although cool conditions prevailed in some heavily populated areas, warm conditions predominated, especially near the poles.
2009 Ends Warmest Decade on Record
Published January 23, 2010
These maps illustrate just how much warmer temperatures were in 2009 and the decade (2000-2009) compared to average temperatures recorded between 1951 and 1980.
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2008 Global Temperature
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Published January 21, 2009
Calendar year 2008 was the coolest year since 2000, but it was still in the top ten warmest years since the start of record-keeping in 1880. Most of Europe, Russia, and the Arctic were warmer than average, while much of the Pacific Ocean was cooler than usual.
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Global Temperature Anomalies: 2007
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Published January 24, 2008
Despite that a moderately strong La Niña event put a chill on the eastern Pacific Ocean, and the Sun was near a low in its 11-year cycle of variability, global average surface temperature in 2007 was still tied for the second warmest year in the instrumental record.
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Historic Tropical Cyclone Tracks
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Published November 2, 2006
Like streamers of splattered paint, the tracks of nearly 150 years of tropical cyclones weave across the globe in this map.
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