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2007: The hottest year ever?

January 8, 2007

Pliocene
Columbia University Center for Climate Systems Research Scientist Mark Chandler says that the accumulation of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere as well as a predicted El Nino could make 2007 the hottest year on record. He speaks to us from Madison, Wisconsin, where the lakes might go unfrozen in winter for the first time on record. LISTEN (6 min)