2012 shaping as ninth hottest Average global temperatures have
been about 0.45 degrees above the 1961-1990 average of 14.2.
Photo: Justin McManus THE world is on track for its ninth
warmest year. Temperatures were below average for the past
decade thanks to La Nina's cooling effects but were still higher
than long-term averages. The World Meteorological Organisation
says that average global temperatures have been about 0.45
degrees above the 1961-1990 average of 14.2. The results are
drawn from three data sets from between January and October. The
WMO will update the results in March. It says this year
continues a long-term trend of warming caused by climate change
as a result of human induced-emissions of greenhouse gases and
it points to record levels of Arctic sea ice melting as an
indication of the changes. The data was released early on
Thursday as representatives of about 200 countries met in Doha,
Qatar, for international climate change negotiations. In a
statement, the organisation's secretary-general