Scientists do not expect 1998's record to stand for long because the El Nino conditions that facilitated the record-setting temperatures are expected to return by the end of this year.
學界預估九八年的紀錄不會保持太久，因為造成當年高溫的重要因素──聖嬰，已逐漸在太平洋海域發酵，最晚今年底會再度發威。