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2010 could be world`s warmest year: Report

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It is official: 2010 could finish as the warmest year on record, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has said. It said the January- October period was equally as warm as the firs 10 months of 1998, which had the highest combined land and ocean surface temperature of any year based on NOAA records  dating back to 1880. Both years had a worldwide average temperature of 14.73 degrees Celsius through the first 10 months. The La Nina climate pattern in the Pacific Ocean is significant factor in global ocean temperatures, NOAA said. Global carbon dioxide emissions, the main contributor to global warming, show no sign of abating and may reach record levels in 2010. The study authors found that despite

2100... & it`s water, water everywhere!

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Scientists now say that sea level is likely to rise perhaps three feet by 2100 - an increase that, should it come to pass, would pose a threat to coastal regions the world over. The rise would put thousands of square miles of the American coastline under water and would displace millions of people in Asia. How fast is the world`s ice going to melt? Scientists long believed that

Some definitions of Global Warming

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With Global Warming making headlines every now and then, here`s giving you some interesting definitions of global warming.............. Global Warming: continuing increase in the average temperature of the air and the oceans.                                If we cannot reverse global warming, how long we run out of party ice? Global Warming: The thing that you blame all of your problems on.                                  Teacher:Why didn`t you do your biology assignment last night?                                 Student: Global Warming                                                       ...

Where have all the butterflies gone? Blame it on Global warming

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The impact of global warming is already being seen around the world. North America is the largest victom that is bearing the brunt of Climate change........ The vast North American continent that ranges from Iush  sub-tropical climate of Florida to the frozen ice and tundra of the Arctic, are facing the wrath of global warming. Incidentally, within these extremes are two wealthy industrialized countries with diverse ecosystems at risk. Yet the United States and Canada are two of largest global emitters of the greenhouse gases that contribute to a global warming climate. Examples of all 10 of the "hot-spot" categories can be found in this region, including changes such as polar warming in Alaska, coral reef bleaching in Florida, animal range