ın information on 28 May 2014
Warmest May on Record as Oceans Heat Up.
The world had its warmest May in more than a century as the planet’s oceans also set a record for heat, the American National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. The globe’s combined land and sea temperature for May was 15.5 Celsius, or 1.33 degrees warmer than the 20th century average, breaking the mark of 1.3 degrees set in 2010.
“The globally averaged temperature over land and ocean surfaces for May 2014 was the highest for May since record keeping began in 1880,” said the agency. The last belowaverage global temperature for May occurred in 1976 and the last below average temperature for any month occurred in February 1985.
In the Arctic, ice covered 4.9 million square miles, 4.6 percent below the 1981-2010 average, or the third-smallest extent for May since record-keeping began in 1979.
These figures show that the global warming still goes on full extent.