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In the tropics, warmest August in the satellite temperature record
2015-09-14 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Driven by a growing El Nio Pacific Ocean warming event, temperatures around the globe continued to rise through August, setting a new August record in the tropics for the satellite record, said Dr. John Christy, director of the Earth System Science Center at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. Temperatures in the tropics averaged 0.52 C (about 0.94° F) warmer than seasonal norms in August, surpassing the previous record of +0.46 C set in August 1998. Globally it was the third warmest August...
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