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Averaged separately for both hemispheres, 2006 surface temperatures for the northern hemisphere (0.58°C above 30-year mean of 14.6°C/58.28°F) are likely to be the fourth warmest and for the southern hemisphere (0.26°C above 30-year mean of 13.4°C/56.12°F), the seventh warmest in the instrumental record from 1861 to the present.
Since the start of the 20th century, the global average surface temperature has risen approximately 0.7°C. But this rise has not been continuous. Since 1976, the global average temperature has risen sharply, at 0.18°C per decade. In the northern and southern hemispheres, the period 1997-2006 averaged 0.53°C and 0.27°C above the 1961-1990 mean, respectively.
Originally posted by rachel07
I told my husband that there is going to be another ice age and not to be fooled by the fluctuation in temeratures. We live in the UK. We get another ice age and the UK will be hit hard.
They are going to have to find an alternative fuel source, as gas prices will go through roof. Many people will freeze in their homes.
Originally posted by ThatsJustWeird
El Nino is the reason...