Geneva, 7 August 2007(WMO) - Weather and climate are marked by record extremes in many regions across the world since January 2007. In January and April 2007 it is likely that global land surface temperatures ranked warmest since records began in 1880, 1.89°C warmer than average for January and 1.37°C warmer than average for April. Several regions have experienced extremely heavy precipitation, leading to severe floods. The Fourth Assessment Report of the WMO /UNEP Intergovernmental Group on Climate Change (IPCC) notes an increasing trend in extreme events observed during the last 50 years. IPCC further projects it to be very likely that hot extremes, heat waves and heavy precipitation events will continue to become more frequent.
Luckily for the rest of us we have noted climatologists like Rush Limbaugh, novelist Michael Crichton and Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) who can dispute the data provided by the World Meteorological Organization and reassure us that its all Bill Clinton's fault so there is nothing new here. Just beware of the man behind the curtain.
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