Noting that the decade 2000-2009 was warmest ever recorded, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has said that 2009 was the fifth-warmest year since climate records began in 1850.
In a report on its 60th anniversary, the UN weather agency said the nineties were warmer than the eighties.The report showed that the decade 2000-2009 was warmest ever recorded.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/2009-fifth-warmest-recorded-year-wmo
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-herald-bangalore
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/atmosphere-and-ozone-layer
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/atmosphere
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/world-meteorological-orgnisation-wmo