Earthtimes.org, 3 Jan 2009, DPA
Singapore - Singapore was hotter last year than the average for the last 50 years, with temperatures averaging 27.5 degrees Celsius, 0.6 degrees Celsius higher than average, The Straits Times reported Saturday. The report cited the National Environment Agency (NEA) as saying that it was difficult to determine how much of the upward trend in temperature was due to global warming and how much was caused by the city state's rapid development and urbanization over the past 30 years. "But the trend is consistent with rising global temperature levels," a NEA spokesman was quoted as saying.
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