2007 warmest year?

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On Thursday, British climate scientists said high levels of green houses are likely to make 2007 the hottest year. The British meteorological office said this might be a sign that the climate is changing in a radical way, the office said there is 60 percent probability 2007 would break the record set by 1998 which was 1.20 degrees over the long term average. El Niño is mostly responsible for the climate change; it is a cyclical warming trend under way in the Pacific Ocean.

Such events are not regular; the last one occurred in 2002 and led directly to increase temperatures worldwide. El Niño this year is not strong as it was in 1997 and 1998, its combination with the steady increase of temperatures due to global warming from human activity may be enough to break the Earth's temperature record, said Phil Jones, the director of the Climatic Research unit at the university of east Angelina.

The whole world knew an increase of temperatures during the pervious year 2006, temperatures have never increased to that extent, and the melting of the Antarctic plays a very important role in it. Besides a simple warming event can push temperatures to the top because of the heat due to green houses.

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