This year will vault over 2015 and set a new record for warm
temperatures, NASA scientists said yesterday.
The average temperatures for the first half of this year are
"so in excess" that it is worthy of note, said Gavin Schmidt,
director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
"2015 was also a very warm year, but 2016 has blown
that out of the water," he said.
About 40 percent of the warmth this year is due to an El
Niño, a circulation pattern that had elevated temperatures around the world and
is just dying down. The rest of warmth is due to multiple factors, including
very strong warming in the Arctic and human-caused greenhouse gas emissions,
Schmidt said.
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