The Warmest Year(s) on Record

Was I in a coma? How did I miss the news about the warmest year on record in Canada?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110111/wl_canada_nm/canada_us_environment_temperature

Canada had its warmest year on record in 2010, according to the country's environmental agency, with the biggest impact seen in the Arctic region.

The national average temperature for the year was 3 degrees Celsius above normal, based on preliminary data, according to a report put on Environment Canada's website on Monday. That made it the warmest year since nationwide records began in 1948. Most areas of the northern territory of Nunavut and of northern Quebec were at least 4 degrees above normal, while the Arctic tundra region was 4.3 degrees above normal. Along with the Arctic tundra, the Arctic mountains and fiords, the northeastern forest and Atlantic regions also had the warmest year on record.

And did anyone see a lot of coverage of the fact that 2010 was the warmest everywhere?

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2011-01/21/c_13700425.htm

The year 2010 is the warmest year on record, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said here on Thursday, warning that the warming trend may trigger more extreme weather events. "We can indeed report that 2010 is now going to rank as the warmest year on record at the same level as 2005 and 1998," WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud told a press conference.

It’s not just the World Meteorological Organization – Check out the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – NOAA for short.

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2011/20110112_globalstats.html

According to NOAA scientists, 2010 tied with 2005 as the warmest year of the global surface temperature record, beginning in 1880. This was the 34th consecutive year with global temperatures above the 20th century average.by researchers at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York.

The Times of India reported on the effects of climate change as well. A lot …..

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/global-warming/2010-was-warmest-year-on-record-UN-weather-agency/articleshow/7328368.cms#ixzz1DOekj0da

Global average temperature last year was 0.53 degrees Celsius above the average level during 1961-90, and it is higher than the two previous warmest years -- 1998 and 2005 -- in the last decade. More disturbingly, the Arctic sea-ice cover, which is a protective layer against global warming, was the lowest on record last month, with an average monthly extent of 12 million square kilometres or 1.35 square kilometres below the 1979-2000 average for December.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/global-warming/Australia-faces-worse-storms-Climate-experts/articleshow/7424790.cms

Researchers at the prestigious Climate Institute in Sydney said that warmer temperatures were expected to produce more intense torrential downpours like Yasi, particularly in the country's tropical north. Yasi, a maximum-category five storm reportedly large enough to cover most of the United States and with winds stronger than Hurricane Katrina, hit Queensland on Thursday, packing winds of up to 290 kilometres (180 miles) per hour. Queensland is still recovering from a record deluge and floods that destroyed tens of thousands of homes and killed more than 30 people last month. The Climate Institute is calling for urgent measures to arrest global warming as north Queensland recovers from the twin disasters.

So why aren't Canadians rioting in the streets?