2010 is now the warmest year in the past 130

NASA reports that 2005 is now not the record breaker, it is now this year. When natural forces plays along with human forces, drastic changes occur. This year is a prime example. NY Times article quotes;

Some of the year’s most striking warming was again seen in the Arctic. Canada’s Hudson Bay, for instance, is typically half-covered by ice by the end of November. By Nov. 30, however, only 17 percent of the bay was iced over. The lack of sea ice appeared to be playing a major role in warming the atmosphere in the region, scientists said.

The year was also marked by extreme weather events, from a record-breaking heat wave in Russia in July to catastrophic floods in Pakistan. At least 17 nations, many in Asia, set all-time single-day heat records. Abnormally high sea temperatures were also blamed for a global bleaching of coral reefs.

Personally, I am not a firm believer in global warming/global climate change, but I can't argue something is going awry. My idea is that nature is the biggest explanation, however, these events could be frightening to anybody.