The National Climatic Data Center has the final news on 2010: It was the hottest year on record. Official data has been kept since 1880, and only one year even draws near 2010 as hottest year: 2005. And it’s a tie. The year 2010 was 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit warmer on the ground than the 20th century average, reports USA Today. Start applying for payday loans for your crisis readiness kits, because with temperature climbing like this you never know whenever you will need them.
2010: The hottest year on record
When scientists talk about 2010 being the hottest year on record, the operative part of that term is "on record.". 1880 is as far as the log of world temperatures go. The real truth is seen by scientists. Ocean vessels are used for this. There are many projects like the U.S. organizations such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is digitizing the ocean voyage logs from over 250 years ago and even more. The scientific community feels that a ship's log is very important although the log isn't nearly as accurate as climate measuring technology today.
Above average since 1976 with heat
There are National Climatic Data Center logs to look at. 2010 is the 34th year in a row where the norm was lower than the average temperatures in the world. High latitude areas in the Northern Hemisphere, Canada, Alaska, the Atlantic Ocean tropics, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and the northern latitudes of Africa all explain that there were above average temperatures. The case that greenhouse and global warming are affecting the climate is very strong when you consider nine of the 10 warmest years on the Earth have happened since 2001. In 1976 below normal global temperatures were recorded.
How surface v satellite affect temperature
While the determination that 2010 tied the hottest year on record depended upon surface temperature, climate scientists also use other means to measure world temperatures. Lower, or mid-tropospheric air temperatures are measured by satellites measuring the global temperature. 2010 was .02 degrees cooler than 1998. This is what Professor John Christy who is an atmospheric scientist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville had to say about the satellite measurements. The different is shown very clearly. That means the claim of 2010 being the hottest year can be challenged. Ultimately, it’s a matter of which tool a scientist uses.
Information from
USA Today
usatoday.com/tech/science/environment/2011-01-12-2010-warmest-year-climate-change_N.htm
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_temperature_measurements
2010 was a greenhouse gas heat wave, says Newsy
youtube.com/watch?v=CVCJN1ZDtpk
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