I understand they froze their bananas off in Europe.

One part of the planet is not representative of the global climate. We had the mildest winter I can remember in the northeast, but winter in Europe was much colder than normal. What did average global temperatures look like over the same period?

More is on the way...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120527153720.htm

Global warming affects weather patterns, making it warmer in some places and colder in others. The thing to notice is unusual and extreme weather patterns.

Even if global warming were a hoax, pollution is very real, and so are oil shortages. Both will get worse if we don't look to alternatives. So for those people that want to believe in the "hoax" theory, fine by me. But are they ok with being held hostage to oil?

San Francisco Chronicle / June 7th, 2012

The Earth is reaching a "tipping point" in climate change that will lead to increasingly rapid and irreversible destruction of the global environment unless its forces are controlled by concerted international action, an international group of scientists warns.

Unchecked population growth, the disappearance of critical plant and animal species, the over-exploitation of energy resources, and the rapidly warming climate are all combining to bring mounting pressure on the Earth's environmental health, they say.

Scientists from five nations, led by UC Berkeley biologist Anthony Barnosky, report their analysis Thursday in the journal Nature.

They likened the potential impact of the forces to previous major changes - both gradual and abrupt - in the planet's history that triggered mass extinctions and expansions, and produced completely new worldwide environments.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/06/07/MN1T1OT26G.DTL

never mind that they are more like delusions...

Jesus is coming back soon anyway.

And then we have those who will always have faith that there is a supreme being in charge, even and especially of our weather.

Those who don't deny are increasingly fatalistic, believing that we have already passed the point of no return. I find myself increasingly in that camp. Certainly the power players have no intention of changing course.

Earth's inhabitants?

They have no regard for those who have less. We are "other." They believe their wealth will insulate them.

That's what I think.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002742880
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002742868

Oh, you mean the warmest in 117 years. That's a much different statement. Don't look now, but new research shows we don't understand how our climate and CO2 actually interact.

http://www.capitolcolumn.com/news/scientists-modern-earth-may-halt-effects-of-global-warming/

Researchers presented new evidence from deep-sea sediment cores dating back to the late Miocene period, which show that Earth may be less susceptible to a changing climate.

During that time, temperatures across a broad swath of the North Pacific were 9-14 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than today, while atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations remained low–near values prior to the Industrial Revolution, say scientists.

Researchers say the results are surprising, considering past research which shows the Earth warming at an increasingly alarming rate.

“It’s a surprising finding, given our understanding that climate and carbon dioxide are strongly coupled to each other today. In the late Miocene, there must have been some other way for the world to be warm,” said graduate student Jonathan LaRiviere, a co-author of the study. “One possibility is that large-scale patterns in ocean circulation, determined by the very different shape of the ocean basins at the time, allowed warm temperatures to persist despite low levels of carbon dioxide.”

And a link to the source article