Australasia has hottest 60 years in a millennium, scientists find
Source: The Guardian
The last 60 years have been the hottest in Australasia for a millennium and cannot be explained by natural causes, according to a new report by scientists that supports the case for a reduction in manmade carbon emissions.
In the first major study of its kind in the region, scientists at the University of Melbourne used natural data from 27 climate indicators, including tree rings, corals and ice cores to map temperature trends over the past 1,000 years.
"Our study revealed that recent warming in a 1,000-year context is highly unusual and cannot be explained by natural factors alone, suggesting a strong influence of human-caused climate change in the Australasian region," said the study's lead researcher, Dr Joelle Gergis.
The climate reconstruction was done in 3,000 different ways and concluded with 95% accuracy that no other period in the past 1,000 years match or exceeded post-1950 warming in Australia.
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/may/17/australasia-hottest-60-years-study
But I heard on Fox News and right-wing talk radio that this whole climate change thing is a cash cow by Al Gore and Solyndra! So these scientists must be fronts for the green energy industry! That's why you gotta listen to the Koch-backed think tanks debunking all that "global warming" BS!
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Misspelling deliberate. 
