[QUOTE=Jump]And on a side note, the US Government just reported that this past winter was the warmest winter on record globally:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=2954374[/QUOTe
However, this is not quite true. It may be the warmest winter since they have been keeping records (who tures the US Government statistics??)/. However, it is clear to many scientists that the Earth has been much warmer in centuries gone by.
I HIGHLY recommend that you watch entire documentary that the BBC did and for which there is a link in my post above.