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2005 Was the Hottest Year on Record

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-more-snow dept.

Gulthek writes "As predicted, 2005 was the hottest year since accurate temperature recording began in the late 1800s. This news is all the more interesting because 2005 was not an "El Niño" year like 1998, the previous record holder."

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  1. And in other news.. by siliconeyes · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    2005 saw the coldest winter in 70 years in New Delhi, India.

    Really, whats the point of this?

    1. Re:And in other news.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Wow. Please educate yourself about the concept of global warming and the more preferred term, climate change. Don't comment again in this thread until you've learnt something.
      Go. Go now.

  2. Here here! by penguin_strut · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...and, as far as 'accurate temperature recording' goes, the industrialized world account for about 90% of the monitoring equipment that figures like these are taken from - and yet comprises a small portion of overall landmass and population. We may be on a warming trend, but in a few (read:quite a few) years, everyone'll be wringing their hands as it gets cooler...

  3. Re:It was pretty cold in Eastern Canada last year. by Boccaccio · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Perhaps you should consider moving South rather than wishing for a change to the entire planets climate.

  4. Right... by TummyX · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And how accurate and broad were the temperature measurements 200 years ago?

  5. What Ever Happened? by hardticket · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    to the acid rain scare of the 80s? I remember as a kid, the media covered acid rain like it was gonna eat your children or something, geesh

  6. Re:News flash: global warming in effect by BasilBrush · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    And in doing so, you are choosing to disregard the consensus conclusion of the world's climate scientists, bar those that are being paid by oil companies and the automobile lobby.

    It's now been established as scientific fact that people thinking politically will ignore all evidence that doesn't agree with their preconceived point of view. That they don't engage in reasoning whilst arguing politics. That's you.

    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,182641,00.html (You'll like the source).