Last year was a hot one, according to scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
NOAA found that 2010 tied with 2005 as the warmest year for global surface temperatures since recording began in 1880.
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Nine of the ten warmest years on record have occurred since 2001.
“There’s been some notion that people have put forth that the climate ‘stopped warming in about 2005,’” David Easterling, chief of NOAA’s scientific services division, told reporters Wednesday. “I think this year’s results show that that notion lacks credibility.”
Last year was also the wettest year on record globally, according to NOAA.