NASA Finds 2011 Ninth-Warmest Year On Record

The global average surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880, according to NASA scientists. The finding continues a trend in which nine of the 10 warmest years in the modern meteorological record have occurred since the year 2000. More in http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120119152353.htm