Northern Hemisphere Warming Twice as Fast as South

[lovuian]

http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11861&ref=rss

GENEVA -- The northern hemisphere has been warming twice as fast as the southern hemisphere in recent years, the U.N's weather agency said Thursday.

In its annual report on the state of the global climate, the World Meteorological Agency said that in the period 1997-2006 the average temperature in the north was 0.53 degrees Celsius (0.95 Fahrenheit) warmer than the average for 1961-1990.

In the south, average temperatures rose by 0.27 degrees Celsius (0.49 Fahrenheit) in the same period, according to the report.

"So far the northern hemisphere is warming much more than the southern hemisphere," WMO expert Omar Baddour told The Associated Press.

He said one reason for the difference was the greater proportion of land to water surface in the north.
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[Orrex]

1. Well duh

Warm air rises, and the northern hemisphere is above the southern. Just look at any globe...

:sarcasm:

[Orrex]

5. And don't tell Michael Crichton

He'll find two dozen scientists who claim that there's no evidence that the northern hemisphere exists.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Hello Paraguay

[RC]

3. Plus the earth is closer to the Sun in the Northern Winter.

[HughMoran]

4. That's interesting

I believe that people who claim that they can "feel" global warming will realize that 1 degree Fahrenheit over their entire lifetime is not that detectable, though stating me this does not diminish the seriousness of this issue.