2010 Ties for Hottest Year: Will Climate Change Denials Persist?

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Climate-watchers are losing patience 2010 has tied 2005 for the planet's hottest year on record , according to data collected by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The past decade has included 9 of the 10 hottest years on record. Those records go back to 1880, when scientists first began reliably tracking global temperatures. Andrew Sullivan has a disturbing graph illustrating the rise. The past 34 years have all been warmer than the 20th-century average. 2010 also had the highest rainfall on record, possibly highlighting the connection between climate change and an increase in extreme weather events. Bloggers are responding to the data with frustration and dismay.