This article is about how 2010 is in a threeway tie for the warmest year on record: it's tied with 2005 and 1998. Average temperatures last year were approximately .95 degrees Fahreinheit warmer than the 1960-1961 mean. This confirms the suspicion that the planet is heating up. The ten hottest years since 1854 have all occurred since 1998. The average worldwide temperature was 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit. Scientists blame the heat on carbon dioxide and other gases produced by motor vehicles, which seem to trap the heat in the atmosphere. Natural distasters like floods are evidence of global warming. The ice cap at the north pole was the smallest this last year that it's been since 1974. Also, significantly cooler temperatures were recorded in northern Europe, United States, Canada, Russia and Greenland.
I think global warming is a very serious issue, although I myself am not doing too much to prevent it. I always think about how I really should do more eco-friendly things like ride bikes to other peoples houses and buy a compost bin, but it never seems to happen. One time this summer, I had biked four of nine miles to a friend's house and my bike tire popped. I didn't try to do any more biking after that. I'm hoping that I can be financially stable enough to buy an eco-friendly car when I come to the point in my life that I'm buying my own car. I've seen commercials for electric cars--I'm hoping I'll be able to do this. I think the main reason global warming scares me so much is because we really only have one planet, and it seems to me that we're ruining it.
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