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Data acquired January 1 - December 31, 2009 720 x 360 JPEG
Data acquired January 1 - December 31, 2009 2880 x 1440 530 KB - PNG
Data acquired January 1, 2000 - December 31, 2009 720 x 360 JPEG
Data acquired January 1, 2000 - December 31, 2009 2880 x 1440 545 KB - PNG
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.
NASA images by Robert Simmon, based on data from the Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Caption by Adam Voiland and Holli Riebeek.
Published January 23, 2010 Data acquired January 1, 2000 - December 31, 2009