by KYW's Paul Kurtz
2007 was another record-breaking year for the Earth's climate.
This week's report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows that 2007 was the warmest ever for all the land areas on Earth and the tenth warmest on record for the US. Temple University Geology Professor Laura Toran says she's not surprised:
"We've been seeing this trend over the last ten years really. The top five warmest years on record are all ones we've lived through in the last ten years, and if you look at the top ten years on record, seven or eight of them have been in the last ten years."
Highlights of the NOAA study include two intense heat waves in Russia and Southeastern Europe, and a blast furnace that descended over the US in August when more than 2,000 new daily high temperature records were set.
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