He is even too early to be sure there, but year 2008 could be the most cold of this century. It is what estimate the climatologists of the British weather forecast, contacted by BBC, on the evidence of measures performed since the beginning by the year.

More cold of the century? Yes, but of the XXIth Coach if the conditions of freshness of waters of surface from the east of the Pacific predominated early in the year, this refrigerator with called climate Niña disappeared from now on. In the final, the medium temperature of the planet could show a tenth baby of degrees at least than one year ago, but 2008 would enter however the club of the hottest years since 1850. Periodical episodes as Niña do not change the thorough tendency of a total warming, estimated by the scientists of the UNO in a fork of 1°C in 5°C before the end of this century.

In the Arctic ocean, the surface of sea floe remains the upper it to be at the same time last year. But to one about a month of the annual minimum of the end of September, the area is less of at least 1,7 million kilometres ensconced themselves in average 1979-2000 and slims from now on with the upper rhythm to that of last year. Sign that a part of the Arctic is covered from now on with an ice of very weak thickness, more sensitive to meteorological conditions.

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