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Written by News Desk
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Wednesday, 19 December 2007 |
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The latest global temperature figures for 2007 from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the Met Office have revealed that the top 11 warmest years have all occurred in the last 13 years.
The provisional global figure for 2007 using data from January to November, currently places it as the seventh warmest year on records that date back to 1850.
The announcement comes as scientists and politicians discuss plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that have been linked to increasing global temperatures at the Conference of the Parties (COP) in Bali, Indonesia.
Across the UK, 2007 is on course to become one of the warmest years on record. Even if the mean temperature for December is 1°C below the 1971-2000 long term average, the year will still be the third warmest since UK-wide records began in 1914.
In this 94-year series, the last six years (2002-2007) are set to become the six warmest years.
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