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New global temperature record expected in the next 1-2 years mongabay.com January 27, 2009 2008 was the coolest year since 2000 but still ranks in the top 10 warmest since 1880 The agency's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) released a map showing global temperature anomalies in 2008 compared to the 1950-1980 baseline period. The regions with the greatest warming included Eastern Europe, Russia, the Arctic, and the Antarctic Peninsula. Large areas of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean were cooler than the long-term average, a result of a La Niña event that began in 2007. Relative coolness is expected to continue into early 2009 but the researchers predict that a new global temperature record will be set in the next 1-2 years. ![]() The map above shows global temperature anomalies in 2008 compared to the 1950-1980 baseline period. Below-average temperatures are shown in blue, average temperatures are white, and above-average temperatures are red. (Gray indicates no data.) GISS also released a graph showing the long-term trend in surface temperatures since 1880.
CITATION: NASA Earth Observatory - 2008 Global Temperature; NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies - Global Temperature Trends: 2008 Annual Summation
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