Mongabay: According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the past April was the warmest globally since record taking began in the late 19th Century. Combining both land and ocean temperatures, the NOAA recorded that April 2010 was 0.76 degrees Celsius (1.37 degrees Fahrenheit) above the 20th Century average. Particularly warm areas on land included South Asia, northern Africa, Canada, Alaska, the Eastern US, northern Russia, and Australia. The NOAA also reports …