2005 was the warmest year on record according to NASA

[Lefty48197]

Haven't the Bush bots been able to silence the people at NASA? Don't they realize that it's the official policy of our Republican dominated government to deny any existance of global warming, in spite of all the facts?

http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20060125/a_nline25.art.htm

"Last year was the warmest in a century, nosing out 1998, NASA researchers said Tuesday. James Hansen, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, said 2005 produced the highest annual average surface temperature worldwide — 58.3 degrees Fahrenheit — since instrument recordings began in the late 1800s."

"...2005 reached the warmth of 1998 without help from the “El Nino of the century.”"

"During the past 30 years, Earth has warmed more than 1 degree in total, making it about the warmest it's been in 10,000 years, Hansen said. Jay Lawrimore of the federal government's National Climatic Data Center said his center's forthcoming analysis “will likely show that 2005 (was) slightly warmer than 1998.”"

[Skittles]

1. lord, I thought the Texas summer would never end

Texas summers are long but since when do they last until freaking DECEMBER?

[against all enemies]

2. New york Times today has story on Bush keeping NASA top

climatologist quiet.

[Lefty48197]

3. You're right. Here's a link to a discussion about that topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x40272

And here's a link to the actual story:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/science/earth/29climate.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

and here's a couple of quotes from the article:

"The top climate scientist at NASA says the Bush administration has tried to stop him from speaking out since he gave a lecture last month calling for prompt reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases linked to global warming."

"The scientist, James E. Hansen, longtime director of the agency's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, said in an interview that officials at NASA headquarters had ordered the public affairs staff to review his coming lectures, papers, postings on the Goddard Web site..."

"He fell out of favor with the White House in 2004 after giving a speech at the University of Iowa before the presidential election, in which he complained that government climate scientists were being muzzled and said he planned to vote for Senator John Kerry.

But Dr. Hansen said that nothing in 30 years equaled the push made since early December to keep him from publicly discussing what he says are clear-cut dangers from further delay in curbing carbon dioxide."