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20th Century Warmest In 1200 Years
gcranston writes "Research from the University of East Anglia in Norwich, U.K. shows that the 20th century was the warmest for the northern hemisphere since approximately 800AD. Historical climate data were calculated from weather 'proxies' such as tree rings, ice cores, and seashells from Europe, Asia, and North America, and attempted to address the shortcomings of earlier studies. The findings support the argument for global warming as a result of human interference rather than natural climate change."
Come again? I was unaware that the current administration has been in office for THE ENTIRE 20th CENTURY.
Asshat.
Frammin' on the jim-jam, frippin' at the krotz!
My god!... your startlingly jaded cynicism has just wiped all common sense from my brain.
Thank you, random Slashdot troll, for replacing my malaise with catchy cynicism!
And thank you mods, for providing customers to the burgeoning crack market. jeebus.
If Jesus wants me it knows where to find me.
In response to your other comments, when did you wake up and realize you were a troll? (an extreme left troll)
I use CE/BCE because that's how I was taught throughout high school and university.
How sad that you went through all those years of school and never had a history lesson. Even sadder that you can't think for yourself and parrot what your teachers told you.
do you still refer to the sky as "the heavens"
Yes. Sometimes. It depends on what I'm writing.
refer to the number 20 as "a score"
No, but if it would bother you, I'd be happy to start.
and your car as an "automobile"
Yes. It's not that uncommon to hear, especially in international circles where "auto" is more universal than the American word "car." Though, I noticed you tried to play fake British by dropping the article before "university." Sorry. I'm not impressed.
Do you use Roman Numerals?
Sometimes at work, yes. It's sometimes required for the job.
AD itself is a relatively new term; people used to refer to "the 2006th year of our lord".
Your teachers must have implanted a unique notion of "new" in your mind, considering I've seen historic churches and cathedrals around the world that use "AD" in their engavings back before the year 1,000. Possibly earlier.
Seriously, grow up and try to live in the real world.
I'll live in the real world. You can live in yours.
-- I'm old enough to have lived through six different meanings of the word "hacker."
Wasn't it a lot warmer back in the jurrasic period? Or can I claim that because it was colder this week than last week that we are in a cooling cycle? And that man is causing the cooling cycle because a lot of people leave their doors open with the A/C running.