So much global warming

OK--I know.  The byword this winter is "So much FOR global warming" what with all the cold weather and snowstorms in the U.S.  But check it out--the temperatures in northern Canada have been warmer than ever.  The picture shows temperatures from mid-December, 2010 to mid-January 2011.  The blue areas represent colder than usual, white is close to normal, and green, yellow, and red are warmer.  Plus the much reduced and record low ice cover and relatively warmer temperatures mean that the air contains about 4% more moisture than "normal" so it snows a lot more when it does snow. 

Meanwhile, here in California, it has been record warm.  Nice for swimmng, but nothing to gloat about however, since it has also been very dry--another prediction of global warming for the entire southwest.  In fact, a very scary picture is forecast for all the planet 50 years from now if we don't stop using fossil fuels:

In this image the purple colors indicate severe drought--much worse than the dust bowl of the 1930s.  The red colors indicate dust bowl conditions.  So the entire U.S.--along with the world--is headed for a food crisis in the fairly near future.
These images are from the blog Climate Progress

That's why we need electric cars and solar panels!