That blue spot between North America and Europe is where the Arctic Ocean and Greenland Ice have melt water runoff.. The ice is melting and as it does it temporarily cools the waters of the north Atlantic.
It is like adding ice to a warm soda. It gets cold temporarily until the room temperature warms it again.
It is like adding ice to a warm soda. It gets cold temporarily until the room temperature warms it again.
NASA and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (click here) announced today that their independent analyses revealed last year was a scorcher, surpassing every year since modern record keeping began in 1880.
NOAA reported last year's average temperature for the Earth as a whole was 58.62 degrees Fahrenheit -- that's 0.29 degrees higher than the previous year. NASA also calculated a temperature increase of 0.29 degrees over the previous year....
