Not just warmer: it's the hottest for 2,000 years Widest study yet backs fears over carbon dioxide Ian Sample, science correspondent Monday September 1, 2003 The Guardian The earth is warmer now than it has been at any time in the past 2,000 years, the most comprehensive study of climatic history has revealed. Confirming the worst fears of environmental scientists, the newly published findings are a blow to sceptics who maintain that global warming is part of the natural climatic cycle rather than a consequence of human industrial activity. Prof Philip Jones, a director of the University of East Anglia's...