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March 15, 2007
Winter Warmest on Record Worldwide
WASHINGTON (AP) -- This winter was the warmest on record worldwide, the government said Thursday in the latest worrisome report focusing on changing climate.The report comes just over a month after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said global warming is very likely caused by human actions and is so severe it will continue for centuries.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the combined land and ocean temperatures for December through February were 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit above average for the period since record keeping began in 1880.
Of course those on the radical right will go into mad convulsions and hysteria over this one yet again. Interestingly to me that the Northern Hemisphere actually was a lot warmer than the Southern Hemisphere. Since the Southern Hemisphere has more water you'd figure the opposite would be true, which doesn't bode well for our overuse of greenhouse gases causing our problems to stay close to home. Now the radical right wing will likely only focus on the following paragraphs:
For the United States, meanwhile, the winter temperature was near average. The season got off to a late start and spring-like temperatures covered most of the eastern half of the country in January, but cold conditions set in in February, which was the third coldest on record.For winter, statewide temperatures were warmer than average from Florida to Maine and from Michigan to Montana while cooler-than-average temperatures occurred in the southern Plains and areas of the Southwest.
For Alaska, both February and winter were warmer than average but far from the record warmth of 2003 and 2001, respectively.
I've noticed a trend with them to be America centric in their view of everything. With little consideration that their neighbor's problems will be their own problems in a little while, but it's all about the stick your head in the sand mentality that defines the radical right. It's like playing hide and seek with a three year old...Just because you cover your eyes doesn't mean that I can't see you. The sad part is that most three year olds will someday figure it out, the Republicans not so much.
Read more over at Yahoo News.
Posted by Jamison at March 15, 2007 4:12 PM
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