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2005 Was the Hottest Year on Record
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."
This really gets old. Scientist really do not know if there is as global warming issue. As a matter of fact, there are respected scientists who believe this is just cyclical in nature.
The global warming crowd has turned this into a religion. It is time to put the church of global warming to bed.
How is this interesting to anyone? I fail to understand people's pre-occupation with the weather. Everyone is under the impression that global warming is real and back up their claims with a data sample that is less then 200 years, which is an insanely small sample when you consider the age of the Earth. Climate changes, especially RADICAL climate changes occur over periods of time far greater then 200 years, and to say otherwise is ignorant. I really hope eventually the media stops ushering in the concept that the planet is in distress due to something as stupid as global warming.
Please do not let scientific accuracy interfere with the intended humourous/interesting/insightful value of this comment
2005 saw the coldest winter in 70 years in New Delhi, India.
Really, whats the point of this?
...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...
Perhaps you should consider moving South rather than wishing for a change to the entire planets climate.
And how accurate and broad were the temperature measurements 200 years ago?
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
Yeah. In reality, we know that it's all our fault. If we would have elected the AlGore in 2000, none of this would have happpened. Our cars and power plants would have been running on love, not fossil fuels.
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.
l (You'll like the source).
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.htm