Sydney Morning Herald: This past decade is likely to be the world’s hottest since records began – apparent proof that global warming is real. And Australia is leading the trend, with 2009 on track to be the third-warmest year since 1850. The UN’s weather bureau, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), has issued a preliminary summary of 2009’s weather and the decade leading up to it. “The decade 2000-2009 is very likely to be the warmest on record,” WMO secretary general Michel Jarraud …