2010 promises to be a record hot

According to the British meteorologists, in 2010 the average temperature on earth could reach a record high.

According to forecasts, the total annual average temperature of the planet in 2010 will amount to 14,58 º C, which is 0,58 º C above the long-term average level, informs Bi-bi-si.

Experts say that increasing temperatures will not only contribute to global climate change, but a warming of the Pacific Ocean in the tropics.

To date, a record high temperature is 14,52 º C, recorded in 1998.

“According to the latest projections of our experts on climate, the temperature at the surface of the planet will almost 0,6 º C higher than the average 1961-1990,” – said in a statement released by the British meteorological service.

“It is highly likely to mean that 2010 will be the warmest since 1860, when regular measurements were started,” – a study suggests.

However, they specify, “absolutely not the fact that 2010 will be a very warm, especially if the current El Niño would significantly weaken its influence in the beginning of 2010, or suffered a major eruption.

“We will revise the forecast in 2010, as data become available about the observations [the weather],” – the document says.

British Meteorological Service in conjunction with the University of East Anglia serves one of the three laboratories weather observations, data are used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Record the temperature increase in 1998 was triggered by an incredibly strong influence of El Niño – the heating surface of the eastern Pacific that leads to a change in ocean currents and torrential rains, which ultimately causes an increase in temperature around the globe.