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Via Prison Planet.com \u00bb Sci Tech<\/p>\n

Jonathan Leake
\nLondon Times<\/a>
\nMay 23, 2010<\/p>\n

CLIMATE scientists have warned that 2010 could turn out to be the warmest year in recorded history.<\/p>\n

They have collated global surface temperature measurements showing that the world has experienced near-record highs between January and April.<\/p>\n

Researchers working independently at the Met Office and Nasa are soon to publish data that reveal the trend is likely to continue for the rest of the year.<\/p>\n

James Hansen, director of Nasa\u2019s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (Giss), a world centre for climate monitoring, said: \u201cGlobal temperatures, averaged over the past 12 months, were the warmest for 130 years.<\/p>\n

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Research suggests that the warming is also strongly linked to a temporary shift in Pacific currents, known as El Ni\u00f1o, which has caused the ocean to release large amounts of heat into the atmosphere.<\/p>\n

Kevin Trenberth, head of climate analysis at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, said: \u201cWe have seen rapid warming recently, but it is an example of natural variation that is associated with changes in the Pacific rather than climate change.<\/p>\n

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