Are you sitting down? Because here's some shocking news: A Bush administration-commissioned study found that the atmosphere is indeed growing warmer, and that human fingerprints are everywhere. But according to the New York Times, "White House officials noted that it was just the first of 21 planned assessments."

The Bush administration has long maintained that there is a lack of scientific consensus on global warming and its causes, and that this uncertainty must be resolved before action can be taken. The new study, undertaken by the Climate Change Science Program - a department the administration created four years ago to study the uncertainties - found that previous discrepancies in records of temperature increase are no longer apparent, and that "our understanding of observed climate changes and their causes have increased," according to the press release.

Department of Interior Secretary Gale Norton jumped ship from the Bush Administration unexpectedly yesterday, saying in a March 9 resignation letter to the President, "it is time for me to leave this mountain you gave me to climb," and adding that she would be entering the private sector at the end of the month. The Department of Interior manages about one-fifth of the land in the U.S.