Global temperatures push March 2010 to hottest March on record
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 22:40
in Earth & Climate
The world's combined global land and ocean surface temperature made last month the warmest March on record. Taken separately, average ocean temperatures were the warmest for any March and the global land surface was the fourth warmest for any March on record. Additionally, the planet has seen the fourth warmest January -- March period on record.