Updated with 2012 annual temperatures
Scientists tell us that the global average temperatures over land have warmed 1.4 degrees F since 1880. But how have temperatures changed here in the US, in my state, in my congressional district? This site compares the global warming with temperature trends at local levels. Find your state …
Comments on 2012: While global temperatures remained within the range of the last decade, the ocean continued its absorption of heat energy. The ocean heat content is a fundamental indicator of global warming since the ocean absorbs ~90% of the heat energy trapped by greeenhouse gases. Average annual temperature for the continental US was the warmest on record (not shown).
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