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2012: Hottest Year on Record for Continental U.S
2013-01-09 16:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Temperatures across the continental United States soared in 2012 to an all-time high, making last year the warmest year on record for the country by a wide margin, scientists say. elated: "July Hottest Month on Record in U.S.-Warming and Drought to Blame?") "2012 marks the warmest year on record for the contiguous U.S., with the year consisting of a record warm spring, the second warmest summer, the fourth warmest winter, and a warmer than average autumn," Jake Crouch, a climate scientist at the...
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2012 was hottest year on record in U.S., climate agency says
2013-01-08 23:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The year 2012 was the warmest on record for the contiguous United States, beating the previous record by a full degree in temperature, a government climate agency said on Tuesday. Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the average temperature in 2012 in the contiguous United States was 55.3 degrees Fahrenheit (12.94 degrees Celsius), 3.2 degrees above the average recorded during the 20th century and 1.0 degree above 1998, until now the hottest on record. The contiguous...
2012 warmest year on record for USA - Responding to Climate Change
2013-01-08 21:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: 2012 was the warmest year on record for most of the US, according to a new report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The latest data shows that the lower 48, all the states apart from Alaska and Hawaii, experienced the second most extreme year of weather as well as record high average temperatures. The average temperature for the year was 12.9°C, 1.7°C above the 20th century average and 0.5°C above the previous record set in 1998. In 117 years of data the record...
2012 Smashes Record For Hottest Year In The Lower 48
2013-01-08 21:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: It's official: 2012 was the hottest year on record for the contiguous United States. In fact, it shattered the record set in 1998. The National Climatic Data Center says last year was also extraordinarily dry and drought conditions are persisting into 2013.
Warmest Year On Record Received Cool Climate Coverage
2013-01-08 20:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Even In Record-Breaking Year, Broadcast Climate Coverage Remained Minimal. In 2012, the U.S. experienced record-breaking heat, a historic drought, massive wildfires in the West, and Hurricane Sandy. Meanwhile, Arctic sea ice extent shattered the previous record low and the Greenland ice sheet saw the greatest melt in recorded history. According to the National Climatic Data Center, 2012 was the warmest year in recorded history for the contiguous U.S. Yet despite these illustrations of climate change,...
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