2010 on Pace to Be Warmest on Record, NASA Says

From the New York Times:

An analysis of average global temperatures through November by NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies shows 2010 on pace to become the warmest year since the collection of temperature data began 130 years ago. NASA previously ranked 2005 as its warmest year ever.

The record-breaking temperatures appear to have resulted from a combination of man-made climate change and natural warming in the tropical Pacific Ocean earlier this year from El Niño, said Kevin Trenberth, head of climate analysis at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo.