http://ph.news.yahoo.com/us-experts-see-...07516.html
Perhaps you are 200 years old and 36 years is insufficient to constitute a "trend" for you? For the rest of, 36 is quite sufficient.
Quote:Global temperatures were above average for the 36th straight year in 2012 and the planet is likely to chalk up more record warm highs over the coming decade, US scientists said Tuesday.
The year 2012 marked the ninth or 10th warmest on record, depending on the measurement. Space agency NASA put the average temperature at 14.6 Celsius (58.3 Fahrenheit), 0.6 degrees Celsius higher than in the 20th century.
Perhaps you are 200 years old and 36 years is insufficient to constitute a "trend" for you? For the rest of, 36 is quite sufficient.