Global Average Temperatures Are Close to 11,000-Year Peak

Friday, March 8, 2013 - 14:30 in Earth & Climate

Global average temperatures are now higher than they have been for about 75% of the past 11,300 years, a study suggests. And if climate models are any indication, by the end of this century they will be the highest ever since the end of the most recent ice age. [More]

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