2012 Was Among the 10 Hottest Years on Record Globally

On average, the global temperature was relatively high the past year. All the way from North America to Asia, people experienced higher than average temperatures. 2012 was on the top ten list of hottest global temperatures since 1880, when they first started keeping track of this statistic. The average temperature around the world annually is 57 degrees. In 2012, this average was 58.3. The 1.3 degree difference might not seem much, but the slightest difference in the temperature can have devastating effete on nature. Only by a one degree difference, the ice sheets in the north pole can melt which can cause two major problems; one being the habitat destruction of polar bears, and two, being the rise of water levels in the oceans. 2012 was the 36th year in a row that the global temperature was over the average by at least one degree. The reason for this is simple. Humans have been taking advantage of their environments and started to abuse it immensely in the past century. The only way this problem of global warming is going to be solved is if humans decide to go back to the way they were 100 years ago. Clearly, with today's standards, that is never going to happen.