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2005 Warmest Year on Record
January, 2006—The year 2005 now appears to be the warmest year on record, beating out 1998 as the former record holder.
NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GIS) in New York City has released its latest compendium of data from land-based weather stations, satellites and historical ship's records. The result pushes the graph at right upward again.
Although everywhere on Earth reports warmer temperatures, the largest change is seen in the polar latitudes, with Alaska, Siberia, and Antarctica showing the most increased annual temperatures.
According to GISS, the Earth has warmed by 0.6°C/1.08°F in the past 30 years, and 0.8°C/1.44°F in the past 100 years.
Global warming has serious consequences for both people and nature. The Nature Conservancy, through its Global Climate Change Initiative, is identifying and implementing strategies that will help slow the rate of global warming and to protect plants, animals and our natural environment against its inevitable impacts.
NASA's GISS data:
2005 Warmest Year in Over a Century
Climate change picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Data © NASA-GISS, New York (chart).
