2008 Was Earth's Coolest Year Since 2000 (NASA)

[Mesogen]

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2008_temps.html

The temperature in the United States in 2008 was not much different than the 1951-1980 mean, which makes it cooler than all the previous years this decade.

And the all important quote:

"GISS provides the ranking of global temperature for individual years because there is a high demand for it from journalists and the public," said Hansen. "The rank has scientific significance in some cases, such as when a new record is established. But rank can also be misleading because the difference in temperature between one year and another is often less than the uncertainty in the global average."

 

[Truth Warrior]

How much higher was the CO2 content of the global atmosphere in 2008 than in 2000?

 

[TonySutton]

Look for the sunspots, they tell the tale.

http://spaceweather.com/

 

[Bruno]

Look for the sunspots, they tell the tale.

Yep. And 2012 is supposed a very hot year in the 11 year cycle.