The beach out in front of the condo where I am visiting in Florida is four hundred feet wide; this despite the hurricanes of a couple of years back. The Atlantic is not advancing. It is inviting. The water is the same pleasant temperature I recall from days of yore (about 73F). Last night, however, a cold front moved in; it's about 59F in the sun. The sweaters have been pulled out.
So now comes this alarming article in The New Statesman by David Whitehouse--someone with a doctorate in astrophysics and a distinguished pedigree as a science writer. He says the earth's temperature didn't rise last year (that would be 2007) and has not risen since 2000. This calamity must be investigated. I am taking the article down to an enclosed cabana to review more closely over a cup of hot coffee.
http://www.newstatesman.com/print/200712190004
