After a year or two where some commentators were saying that there was no evidence that the earth was getting hotter, that in fact the trends for the last decade were downwards, the 2010 data from the world meteorological society should settle the debate. 2010 was the hottest on record. Let me say that again: the HOTTEST ON RECORD.
http://www.wmo.int/pages/mediacentre/press_releases/pr_906_en.html
“The 2010 data confirm the Earth’s significant long-term warming trend,” said WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud. “The ten warmest years on record have all occurred since 1998.”
Of course, evidence will not change the minds of those for who evidence is inconvenient. But at least their crazy pronouncements will become increasingly confined to a smaller and smaller cadre of the irresponsible and bloody minded.
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Which ever way you look at it, our climate is still a problem. Weather patterns are becoming more extreme. National disasters are becoming more common. In Australia alone, 2010 saw the worst bushfires and floods on record.
ReplyDeleteAnd it feels a lot hotter. Remember last Feb. when it got to 46 degrees in Melbourne?
So who said the earth is getting cooler?
Oh yeah, the floods were in 2011. Well we can throw in a cyclone as well now.
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