Science

2010 – Tied For Warmest Year on Record

-Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger

We have previously discussed, here, the data from NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies showing that 2010 as the warmest climate year on record. We now have confirmation from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). According to NOAA scientists, 2010 tied 2005 as the warmest year of the global surface temperature record, with record keeping beginning in 1880.

Also, Global Historical Climatology Network states that 2010 was the wettest year on record, in terms of global average precipitation.

The map below shows the change on a statewide basis:

The polar bear population is showing the effects of loss of habitat, i.e. sea ice. The southern Beaufort Sea area contains one of the most extensively studied polar bear populations on the planet. The survival rate of cubs has dropped and males are experiencing lower body weight. Data from this population helped lead the the U.S. declaring the polar bear a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The western Hudson Bay population has dropped from 1200 in 1987 to 950 individuals in 2004.

Of the 19 subpopulations of polar bears:

  • 8 are declining
  • 3 are stable
  • 1 is increasing
  • 7 have insufficient data

H/T: NOAA, Polar Bears International, IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group.

121 thoughts on “2010 – Tied For Warmest Year on Record”

  2. Apologist denier nonsense is usually ignored since we get enough of that silliness on a regular basis from bdaman.

    Besides, somebody else already debunked your rigged surface temperature data nonsense quite well here by comparing multiple satellite temperature data sets and accounting for the differences in their baselines.

    The conclusion?

    “When one compares the different global temperature data sets correctly, one result emerges more strongly than any other: that they agree. This puts the lie (yes, lie) to claims of “fraud” by climate scientists to rig the surface temperature data.

    And what do all the data sets agree on? Mainly this: global warming.”

    Go on. Read it. It’s really quite a rigorous scientific debunking of your claims.

  4. Tony Sidaway:

    … I prefer the original mono mix of those Phil Spector productions, …

    SACRILEGE! There’s a reason it’s called “glorious” STEREO. I have “Walking in the Rain” in stereo from the Japan Victor CD. It is glorious.

  6. Ah. the Ronettes piece is lovely, though in contrast to the preference of the site I prefer the original mono mix of those Phil Spector productions, which I had to fish out of the “related content” bar on Youtube.

    To keep the camp vibe going and to prove that rain can’t dampen our spirits, here’s Elizabeth Welch with Stormy Weather, from the finale of Derek Jarman’s The Tempest.

  7. And Finally, for Buddha….

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2NHp3wLQYo&fs=1&hl=en_US]

  8. Of course, there will always be Rainy Day Women…

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUDHoge87DU&fs=1&hl=en_US]

  9. Or for a change of pace..,

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC-P0Ze5pPQ&fs=1&hl=en_US]

  11. The EPA has now taken over the issuing of permits in Texas. This Houston Chronicle report describes the stand-off that existed Friday, with the state boycotting a consultation meeting on the takeover.

    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7381894.html

    Because alone of all 50 states Texas did not draw up its own plans to regulate industrial greenhouse gas emissions in response to the endangerment finding, Texas corporations are in danger of failing to pass the EPA emission standards and will operate at a disadvantage.

  12. Here’s a little “weather” poem for you:

    Weather
    (Anonymous)

    Whether the weather be fine,
    Or whether the weather be not,
    Whether the weather be cold
    Or whether the weather be hot,
    We’ll weather the weather
    Whatever the weather,
    Whether we like it or not.

  15. “Learn to tell the truth buddy.”

    Oh here we go. It’s the “all the scientists are wrong because this random guy on the internet says so” show.

  16. Nal—my oh my how you distort your facts. Read this:

    “…computer programmer E. Michael Smith, who reveals that the US temperature data set [the one that the government uses to proclaim that so and so month or so and so year is the 5th warmest/4th warmest, etc.. on record]. Smith reveals that those proclamations are based on bad data because he says cold thermometers have been removed from the temperature data series.

    Smith says that there used to be about 6,000 thermometers [around 1970] in the temperature data series [meaning: 6,000 points around the globe where temps are measured], but around 1989 or 1990, the number of thermometers had plummeted to about 1,500. Smith says that temps were still being recorded in some areas where thermometers had been deleted, but when the temperature measurements went to the National Climate Data Center, they dropped it from the data set.

    Smith says that in most places where the thermometers had been deleted were in cold areas like the Sierra Nevadas. So, when world temps are currently being calculated and government agencies say “2009 is the 5th warmest on record”, they are not lying per se, they may just be getting these calculations from the available thermometers that have not been deleted from the data set. In other words, they are not including the temperatures in cold places like the Sierra Nevadas, that way, they can claim they are not lying, but they are only giving us readings for 1,500 thermometers, not 6,000. In reality, global temps are much cooler because of the deleted thermometers, which would naturally distribute inaccurate data.

    The question is, who is deleting these thermometers from the data set? I have a feeling if you followed the money, you’d find the answer.”

    You mention NOTHING about the decrease in global thermometers going from 6,000 in 1970 to roughly 1,500 in 1990, and probably fewer now. Most of the places where thermometers were removed were from cold places. Learn to tell the truth buddy.

  18. King Penguins Declining Due to Global Warming

    Matt Kaplan
    for National Geographic News

    February 11, 2008

    “King penguins near the Antarctic may be on a perilous path to extinction as a result of global warming, new research suggests.”

    “Populations of the large birds on Possession Island in the Indian Ocean’s Crozet Archipelago are declining as sea temperatures warm and the birds are forced to travel longer distances to find food.”

    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/02/080211-penguins-warming.html

    Here’s one “King” who’s livin’ the good life:

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11xs9mFKObs&rel=0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3]

  20. Buddha,

    Very true.

    Bdaman,

    I hope that your mother is well and you are just out enjoying the global warming 😉 and having an epiphany…

    FFLEO,

    You’ve got it wrong, he’s definitely a part of the climate on this blog – he hasn’t graced the the weather of this thread yet, but he will probably roll in like a storm sooner or later…

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