Earth's temperature shot skyward in 1998.(World Meteorological Organization announces unprecedented global temperature change)(Brief Article)

Science News | January 2, 1999| | Copyright

Global temperatures in 1998 shattered the record high mark, making last year the warmest since at least 1860, and possibly since the end of the last millennium. El Nino deserves part of the credit, say climate scientists, but some researchers also see signs that people are helping to push temperatures into uncharted territory.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Geneva announced last month that the mean surface temperature of the globe in 1998 reached 0.58 [degrees] C above a baseline average for the period from 1961 through 1990. For climatologists, who ...

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