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2008 among the ten warmest years; marked by weather extremes

  • 18/12/2008
  • WMO

2008 among the ten warmest years; marked by weather extremes This press release discusses the year 2008 is likely to rank as the 10th warmest year on record since the beginning of the instrumental climate records in 1850, according to data sources compiled by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The global combined sea-surface and land-surface air temperature for 2008 is currently estimated at 0.31