Climate: Monthly heat records have increased fivefold

January 15, 2013 by legitgov

Climate: Monthly heat records have increased fivefold 14 Jan 2013 Global warming has caused monthly records for heat to increase fivefold in frequency, according to a study by scientists in Germany and Spain, published on Monday. In parts of Europe, Africa and southern Asia, the frequency of months with record-breaking heat has surged tenfold, it said. The evidence comes from an analysis of 131 years of monthly temperature data, monitored at 12,000 points around the world, which are stored in a NASA database.