Britain's Meteorological Office reported yesterday that the average temperature for the 48 states last year was 55 degrees -- 2.2 degrees warmer than average and 0.07 degrees warmer than 1998, the previous warmest year on record. Worldwide, 2006 was the sixth warmest year on record.
Here are the world's six warmest years since the 1890s (starting with the warmest)
2005
1998
2002
2003
2004
2006
I think the pattern here is clear. We all need to take steps to slow down global warming while we prepare for life on a very different planet.
