We're No. 1!! (But Not In A Good Way)

Looks like the first half of 2010 was the hottest on record, going back more than a century and a quarter. Indications are that the full year, when it's complete, may very well set a new standard for highest average temperature, as well. I doubt that many of the news outlets who were interpreting unusually high snowfall over the winter as signs that global warming is a hoax will give much coverage to this story, but it's obviously a much bigger deal. I hope we all like it really hot - and stormy, and chaotic, and devastatingly hard on human life - because it's pretty clear that we're headed toward that future.