More evidence of GLOBAL WARMING: BBC: "2005 warmest on record in north"

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Researchers say that the northern hemisphere is warming faster than the southern, probably because there is so much more land relative to ocean.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4532344.stm

2005 warmest on record in north

By Richard Black
Environment Correspondent, BBC News website
Last Updated: Thursday, 15 December 2005, 16:06 GMT

This year has been the warmest on record in the Northern Hemisphere, say scientists in Britain.

It is the second warmest globally since the 1860s, when reliable records began, they add. {The warmest was in 1998, when the temps were increased by El Nino conditions.}

Ocean temperatures recorded in the Northern Hemisphere Atlantic Ocean have also been the hottest on record.

The researchers, from the UK Met Office and the University of East Anglia, say this is more evidence for the reality of human-induced global warming.

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Caption: Northern hemisphere average annual temperatures compared to the 1961-1990 average