"The year 2005 was the hottest on record. The average global surface temperature of 14.77 degrees Celsius (58.6 degrees Fahrenheit) was the highest since recordkeeping began in 1880. January, April, September, and October of 2005 were the hottest of those months on record, while March, June, and November were the second warmest ever," says Joseph Florence of the Earth Policy Institute. See http://www.earth-policy.org/Indicators/Temp/2006.htm |
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