Global warming is very real and very threatening

The highest global temperatures ever recorded in history were broken consecutively 4 out of the last 5 years. One right after the next.

The polar caps at the North and South are both melting and permanently losing megatons of landmass every day.

Sea levels ARE rising.

Increased severity of hurricanes and droughts HAVE been connected to the climate changes.

Here's a real article straight from NASA:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/TimeShelf/

The global mean temperature for the last 120 years is right there. Done deal. Notice that not only is the temperature going up, but the rate of increase is accelerating. The real kicker are the effects discovered it has on environmental behavior.

Here's an article from the Washington Post on the government censoring data from national research institutes, including NASA:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/10/AR2006021001766.html

The numbers straight from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) under the U.S. Department of Commerce. They are the largest database of climate, temperature, and precipitation trends in the world:
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/anomalies/anomalies.html