2010: the year in review
Photo: Pakistan floods in 2010 from NASA satellite
From Copenhagen and Cancun to "climategate", with record temperatures and more extreme climate events, it all happened in 2010. Here are some reflections on the year.
The deadly decade
Adam Morton, The Age, December 31, 2010
The past 10 years have been the hottest since measurements began, and climate scientists have long warned of the extreme weather still to come.
A stunning year in climate science reveals that human civilization is on the precipice
Climate Progress, 15 November 2010
The last year or so has seen more scientific papers and presentations that raise the genuine prospect of catastrophe (if we stay on our current emissions path) that I can recall seeing in any other year.
2010 in review: The year climate coverage 'fell off the map.'
Douglas Fischer, Daily Climate, 3 January 2011
After spiking upward in response to Copenhagen talks and the 'climategate' uproar, media coverage of climate change plummeted to levels last seen in 2005, according to DailyClimate.org's archives and other media databases
The year of living dangerously
Climate Progress, 23 December 2010
“The stunning extremes we witnessed gives me concern that our climate is showing the early signs of instability”.
2010: The environment year in review
John Vidal, Guardian, 27 December 2010
From the 'greenest government ever' to Deepwater Horizon to the individuals of the year, John Vidal sums up the highs and lows of 2010.
2010's world gone wild: Quakes, floods, blizzards
Julie Reed Bell and Seth Borenstein, AP, 20 December 2010
Earthquakes, heat waves, floods, volcanoes, super typhoons, blizzards, landslides and droughts killed at least a quarter million people in 2010 — the deadliest year in more than a generation. More people were killed worldwide by natural disasters this year than have been killed in terrorism attacks in the past 40 years combined.
NOAA reports 2010 hottest year on record so far
... while Arctic sea ice extent hits a stunning December low
