Winter Warmest on Record Worldwide

March 15, 2007 By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer

(AP) -- This winter was the warmest on record worldwide, the government said Thursday in the latest worrisome report focusing on changing climate. The report comes just over a month after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said global warming is very likely caused by human actions and is so severe it will continue for centuries.

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