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US=20 government reports 2000s warmest decade =
(philstar.com)=20 Updated January 20, 2010 08:13 AM=20

WASHINGTON (AP) =E2=80=94 The = 2000-2009 decade was=20 the warmest on record, easily surpassing the previous = hottest=20 decade =E2=80=94 the 1990s =E2=80=94 US researchers = said Tuesday in a report=20 providing fresh evidence that the planet may be = warming at a=20 potentially disastrous rate.

In 2009, global surface temperatures were 1.01 = degree (0.56=20 C) above average, which tied the year for the fifth = warmest=20 year on record, the National Climatic Data Center = said.

And that helped push the 2000-2009 decade to 0.96 = degree=20 (0.54 C) above normal, which the agency said = "shattered" the=20 1990s record value of 0.65 (0.36 C) degree above = normal.

The warmest year on record was 2005 at 1.11 degrees = (0.62=20 C) above normal.

The findings follow years of gradually rising = global=20 temperatures which atmospheric scientists attribute to = the=20 warming effect of gases released into the air by human = activities, including burning fossil fuels.

Political leaders from around the world have been=20 struggling to find a solution to this growing problem, = most=20 recently at the climate conference in Copenhagen, = Denmark.=20 Reaching agreement has been difficult amid fears of = economic=20 effects of any major change.

Concerns about the effects of a warmer climate = include=20 rising sea levels and the potential spread of tropical = diseases, changes in hurricane patterns, increased = drought in=20 some areas, disruption of crop growth and wildlife = patterns,=20 and loss of species unable to adapt.

Last year's climate milestones included:

=E2=80=94 Worst deluge in decades in northern = Brazil, affecting=20 186,000 people.

=E2=80=94 Heavy rainfall in northern Argentina, = causing a landslide=20 affecting 20,000 people.

=E2=80=94 Disastrous floods triggered by heavy rain = in Central=20 Europe.

=E2=80=94 Britain's heaviest snowstorm since = 1991.

=E2=80=94 Extratropical storm Klaus (similar to a = category 3=20 hurricane) kills 30 in France and Spain.

=E2=80=94 Heaviest snowfall in northern China in 55 = years.

=E2=80=94 Typhoons batter the = Philippines causing fatal=20 flooding.

=E2=80=94 More than 600 die in the deadliest = typhoon to hit Taiwan=20 in five decades.

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=E2=80=BA =	UN:=20 World hunger on the rise for a decade \| 88%=20 \| Oct=20 14, 2009
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