Submitted by Charlton Stanley (aka Otteray Scribe), Guest Blogger
Approximately 1,000 weather reporting stations all over the world have been monitoring local temperatures for decades. Temperature data have been compiled and analyzed by NASA scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York.
Nine of the 10 warmest years on record have occurred since the year 2000. The tenth? From the 20th Century, that was 1998. Temperature rise is not completely steady and consistent from one year to the next. That is due to factors such as volcanic eruptions and other natural causes; however, trends are the important thing.
We can see from the short video below the flip that Earth continues to experience warmer temperatures than several decades ago. The average temperature around the globe in 2011 was 0.92 degrees F (0.51 C) warmer than the mid-20th century baseline. Weather experts warn that a consistent global average change of even a half-degree Fahrenheit can have catastrophic effects on global weather patterns. Anyone recall April and May 2011?
130 years in 27 seconds:
Joe,
Centuries ago, people believed that the world was flat and that the sun revolved around the Earth. What they believed was incorrect…wasn’t it?
Joe,
We have seen the kind of influence that money has in elections and advertising of commercial products. I think if we reduced the financial influence of KOCH2 in the climate change debate, we’d probably see a change in the attitudes of many people.
Thats what I said, whats a little fun between to buddies
The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
A buddy of mine did though and he said it rectum right after his wife damn near killed him.
“A Koch by any other name is still a fascist penis.” – Wm. Shakespeare
Ok I’m confused is it COCK or COKE. I got called out by someone who said it was COKE like cocaine but this poster makes reference to penis.
This place is very confusing. People want to be called queer and others making continuing reference to COCK and COKE.
The last time I mixed COCK and COKE together it damn sure wasn’t with no queer.
Actually, the relevant part was “fascist”, but since you like to play with Kochs anyway, I’ll defer to your predilection, Mr. Blow.
Had to add virgins seeing how Mr Gene threw in penis. Some believe these to belong together. Richard Goes INYA
The other common sense question is what if we eliminated CO2 all together ? The result should give us paradise with lots of virgins.
It’s really a very simple question and one from very common sense perspective.
Do you think if we reduced CO2 to 300 or below that the weather will get better ?
and I might add that by doing so do you think the weather will repeat itself the way it was back when it was below 300PPM
“A Koch by any other name is still a fascist penis.” – Wm. Shakespeare
Joe,
I certainly blame Bush and his administration for starting an unnecessary war in Iraq. Or did somebody else do that?
Are you trying to say that the reason more and more people are starting to believe the Theory of Global Warming is a scam is the COKE brothers fault?
Isn’t that kinda like blame Bush ?
Maybe they have asked themselves this question. You try it.
The only answer or proposed theory to solve global warming so the seas will stop rising, forest will stop burning, highlands won’t turn it to wetlands, hurricanes will go back to being small weak and less in numbers and tornadoes will develop once in a while is to reduce the level of CO2 back to 350PPM According to one of the worlds top climate scientist. See 350.org
Question…… do you think if we took a more radical step and reduced CO2 to 300 or below that the weather will get better ?
“Question…… do you think if we took a more radical step and reduced CO2 to 300 or below that the weather will get better ?”
What do you mean by better?
If CO2 has to do with effective radiation of heat from the surface of earth, then lower CO2, below a critical point, might lead to global cooling.
What is the relevance of speculation regarding the output of models for CO2 in those ranges? If there were a real interest or a need to consider effects in those ranges why not just run the appropriate model instead of suggest that people outside the field guess?
Joe,
The Mercatus Center: A Tentacle of the Deregulation-Loving Kochtopus Helping in the Effort to Deny Climate Change and Eviscerate the EPA
10/10/11
http://jonathanturley.org/2011/10/10/the-mercatus-center-a-tentacle-of-the-deregulation-loving-kochtopus-helping-in-the-effort-to-deny-climate-change-and-eviscerate-the-epa/
Excerpt:
From Climate Science Watch (March 18, 2010): To the libertarians, the widely-shared scientific assessment that human-caused climate change will likely produce major harmful consequences — and the communication of this evidence to the public by the leading climate scientists — poses a particularly serious threat. An informed public concerned about the likelihood of harmful impacts of unchecked global climatic disruption is more likely to call for significant government action to curb greenhouse gas emissions. In order to block proactive government policymaking and keep corporate interests unregulated, libertarian groups have focused a significant part of their efforts on climate change on distorting the science to confuse public opinion, denying the seriousness of the problem, and, most recently, impugning the integrity of the climate science community. The Koch brothers have stepped forward with deep pockets to bankroll such efforts.
Joe,
The Koch Brothers & Their Amazing Climate Change Denial Machine
According to this video from Forecast the Facts the number of people who believe global warming is a scam is increasing and over half of TV meteorologist are skeptics. Why would this be if 98% of scientist agree and the science is overwhelming.
“According to this video from Forecast the Facts the number of people who believe global warming is a scam is increasing and over half of TV meteorologist are skeptics. Why would this be if 98% of scientist agree and the science is overwhelming.”
Perhaps it would be because of the huge amounts of money spent by the Koch Brothers and the rest of the Oil/Gas industry for propaganda to make it seem a scam. This is not a new technique since the Tobacco Companies used it for years to deny that smoking cigarettes caused health problems, when their own internal research showed them it did. So much money is being spent in anti-climate change propaganda that maybe it even trickles down to trolls like yourself.
If you are a TV Weatherman/local met and are a skeptic, Forecast the Facts wants you to report them so they can assist in your denial.
Too many broadcast meteorologists deny the scientific conclusions of their own professional organization, the American Meteorological Society: that human-induced global warming is changing our weather. Sign up below to join Forecast the Facts’ campaign to ensure that weathercasters accurately report climate facts to their viewers.
http://forecastthefacts.org/weathercaster_watch/
Feel free to report Joe Blow
The only answer or proposed theory to solve global warming so the seas will stop rising, forest will stop burning, highlands won’t turn it to wetlands. Hurricanes will go back to being weak and less in numbers and tornadoes will only come around once in a while is to reduce the level of CO2 back to 350PPM According to one of the worlds (supposedly) top climate scientist. See 350.org
Question…… do you think if we took it a step further and reduced CO2 to 300 or below that the weather will get better.
The federal government employees I have known personally have been more than competent, and totally dedicated to their positions and doing the job the right way.
The president of the AGU Carol Finn is a federal employee by the way.
Let me also remind you of the past chair of AGU’s Task Force on Scientific Ethics, Dr. Peter Gleick and how ethical he is. He created a fake memo and committed identity fraud. A very ethical person which forced his resignation. For personal issues no less.. He should have just let the science speak for itself seeing how 98% of climate scientist agree the earth is warming/was.