When we reach solar maxima, there will be world temperature records set on the warm side within a few years from now. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
Graph of the day: world temperature record between 1880 and 2011, showing annual and 5 - year mean temperature, NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) data. (bitsofscience.org)
Asked about a prediction that the Met Office made in 2009 — that three of the ensuing five years would set a new world temperature record — he made no comment. (dailymail.co.uk)