Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore’s timing couldn’t be better. The National Academy of Sciences Thursday reported that it’s been 2,000 years since the Earth has had as high a temperature as it has right now. The news is giving Gore’s New York Times bestselling book, An Inconvenient Truth a convenient boost. In a broad review of scientific work requested by Congress, the National Academy of Sciences has reached the conclusion that “recent warmth is unprecedented for at least the last 400 years and potentially the last several millennia.”
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Report: Earth Temperature Hits 2,000-Year High
Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire June 23, 2006 12:05 PMFormer U.S. Vice President Al Gore’s timing couldn’t be better. The National Academy of Sciences Thursday reported that it’s been 2,000 years since the Earth has had as high a temperature as it has right now. The news is giving Gore’s New York Times bestselling book, An Inconvenient Truth a convenient boost. In a broad review of scientific work requested by Congress, the National Academy of Sciences has reached the conclusion that “recent warmth is unprecedented for at least the last 400 years and potentially the last several millennia.”