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• The rise in global surface temperature has averaged more than 0.15 °C per decade since the mid-1970s.
• the long-term trend is for rising temperatures.
• The blue line clearly shows the upward trend
• Another way of looking at the warming trend is that 1999 was a similar year to 2007 as far the cooling effects of La Niña are concerned. The 1999 global temperature was 0.26 °C above the 1961-90 average, whereas 2007 was 0.37 °C above this average, 0.11 °C warmer than 1999.

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• These readings, which come from the series maintained by NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, continue a trend of rising global temperatures. During the past century, temperatures rose 0.8 degrees Celsius (1.44 degrees Fahrenheit), 0.6 degrees of which occurred during the last three decades, a rate unprecedented in the last millennium. The average temperature of 14.02 degrees Celsius in the 1970s rose to 14.26 degrees in the 1980s. In the 1990s it reached 14.40 degrees Celsius. And during the first six years of this new decade, global temperature has averaged 14.62 degrees Celsius.

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  1960-1969

    

  13.94

    

  1970-1979

    

  14.02

    

  1980-1989

    

  14.26

    

  1990-1999

    

  14.40

    

  2000-2005

    

  14.62

• From 1990 till 2000 the crude oil prices hovered from $20.03 to $26.72,  respectively. Now, around the beginning of 2008 crude oil futures are settled  around the 90$.

• steadily increasing, reaching $40-50 by September 2004. ^[3] In October 2004  light crude futures  contracts on the NYMEX for November delivery exceeded $53 and for December  delivery exceeded $55. Crude oil prices surged to a record high above $60 in  June 2005,
• Crude oil futures peaked at a close of over $77 in July 2006, and in December  2006 at about $63. That is just about where they began the year 2006.^[4] In September 2007,  US crude (WTI) crossed $80. Multiple factors  caused this high price.

• To date, 179 people  have died trying to reach the summit, which sets the fatality rate at around  nine percent. Most of these fatalities happened before 1990. In the last ten  years, advances in climbing equipment and more  experienced guides have resulted in a steep drop in fatality statistics: from  37% in 1990 to 4.4% in 2004.

• compared to http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209221709.htm, this website is more likely to be uncleared figures. i think it should be rated as "good" while, the "sciencedaily.com" is "excellent". - Sophannary Kong on 2009-01-20

• 150 People Have Died Trying to climb Mount Everest.
  
   

   

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  The total that have died on Everest has now reached 203. <!-- google_ad_section_end -->
  

• However, Hindi, being the most widely spoken language in India, never became the national language.
• Mandarin has 45,000.
• The major reason as to why the English language is so popular is down to its  simplicity and flexibility.
• The main feature of the English language that has made is so popular globally,  is the language’s adaptability.
• By learning English, you can get a better job, have a better career but more  importantly, keep up-to-date with world events and developments.
• Remember too, that 85% of all written material in the world is written in  English – as a good a reason as any to learn it.

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