Global warming getting worse faster than previously thought

Carbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere much faster than scientists expected, raising fears that humankind may have less time to tackle climate change than previously thought.
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At its most far reaching, the finding could indicate that global temperatures are making forests, soils and oceans less able to absorb carbon dioxide - a shift that would make it harder to tackle global warming. Such a shift would worsen even the gloomy predictions of the Stern Review which warned that we had little over a decade to tackle rising emissions to avoid the worst effects of climate change.
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Peter Cox, a climate change expert at Exeter University, said: "The concern is that climate change itself will affect the ability of the land to absorb our emissions." At the moment around half of human carbon emissions are reabsorbed by nature but the fear among scientists is that increasing temperatures will work to reduce this effect.

It's getting hotter out there, and this winter was by far the hottest I've ever lived through because of a strong El Niño phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean, which doesn't bode well for next summer's mercury readings.

Will our government finally step up to the plate and do something about it. No. At least not until that mastodonic failure of George W Bush is in charge.

Worst President Ever. Thanks for ruining the world we all have to live into.

Nice legacy.