NASA: 2014 was the hottest in history – BFM.Ru

The average temperature for the year is 0.7% higher than the record for the entire twentieth century

2014 was the hottest in the history of climate observations, which totals 130 years. This was reported in NASA.

See also: Obama will provide $ 1 billion to prepare for climate change Since the beginning of meteorological observations in 1880, the average surface temperature has risen by about 0.8 degrees Celsius. This trend is largely driven by the increase of carbon dioxide and other emissions into the atmosphere of the Earth, the report said.

According to experts, the average temperature for 2014 was 14.48 degrees Celsius, it is 0.69 degrees more than the average for the entire twentieth century, notes Bloomberg.Takzhe reported that December 2014 was the warmest in the history of research.

For the third time in the last decade the average temperature for the year hit a record. Previously, the highest rates were recorded in 2005 and 2010, noted climatologists. At the same time, 9 of the 10 hottest years in history zafiskirovany specialists since 2000.