2013 Event James Hansen, a top scientist and professor from NASA, retires in order to concentrate on global warming activism 2012 Event Scientists reveal new research identifying a mechanism by which Earth-warming carbon is pulled deep into the Southern Ocean, and locked away; scientists claim this process may be threatened by global warming 2010 Event Christina Figueres of Costa Rica is appointed by U.N. Secretary - General Ban Ki Moon to lead efforts to combat global warming and climate change 2009 Event U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Danish hosts urged countries to agree on a new U. N. pact aimed at averting climate change and global warming 1983 Event While warming up before 5th inning Yankee Dave Winfield accidentally kills a seagull 1958 Event After warming to 100,000,000 degrees, 2 light atoms are bashed together to create a heavier atom, resulting in 1st man-made nuclear fusion