This decade is on track to become the warmest since records began in 1850, and 2009 could rank among the top-five warmest years, the U.N. weather agency reported Tuesday on the second day of a pivotal 192-nation climate conference.
For central Africa and southern Asia this will probably be the warmest year, but overall 2009 will "be about the fifth-warmest year on record," said Michel Jarraud, secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization.
Only the United States and Canada experienced cooler conditions than average, it said..
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Heck, then global warming is a myth because all Amurikkkans know that the US is the only place that counts.
MSNBC? U.N. Weather Agency? Aren't they part of the Big Liberal Conspiracy? I'll reserve judgment 'til I hear what Glen Beck has to say about this. Did you hear that it snowed a lot somewhere? That proves Global Warming is a fraud. Oh, and EMAILS!
No, no! It's a lie! It's actually cooling - look, it's snowing on Lake Erie!
I bet Greg is part of the massive email conspiracy! Smash the conspiracy!