The past 10 years have been the warmest in recorded history, according to the UK Met Office.
Figures released today at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen show that despite 1998 being the warmest year on record, the noughties has been the warmest decade recorded in 160 years.
The Met Office also released the raw data from around 1,500 global monitoring stations in an effort to satisfy critics who have demanded that researchers be more transparent with their data in the wake of the email hacking row at the University of East Anglia.
Met Office figures confirm noughties as warmest decade in recorded history | Environment | guardian.co.uk
