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 U.N.: Temperatures in 2001 second highest for 140 years Tue Dec 18 2001 11:40:19 ET Planet Earth's average temperature in '01 is expected to be the second highest since global records began 140 years ago, the U.N. weather agency said Tuesday. World Meteorological Organization deputy secretary-general, Michel Jarraud, said the warming temperatures led to an increase in the severity and frequency of storms and droughts and other unusual weather conditions. ``Temperatures are getting hotter, and they are getting hotter faster now than at any time in the past,'' Jarraud said. Nine of the 10 warmest years in the last four decades have occurred since 1990 and temperatures are rising three times faster than in the early 1900s, he said. Developing... |
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