2012 was top 10 warmest on record

US scientists say that 2012 was among the 10 warmest years the world has experienced since 1880. NASA researchers said it was the ninth warmest year while experts from another American agency said it was the 10th.

Both teams said that temperatures would have been higher if it hadn't been for the La Nina weather pattern that brought cooling to some regions.

They were equally certain carbon dioxide had been the principal driver of the rise over the past 50 years.

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