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Is it just me, or is it warm in here?

Submitted by Charlton Stanley (aka Otteray Scribe), Guest Blogger

NASA logoNOAA logoApproximately 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:

Source:NASA finds 2011 the ninth warmest year on record.

386 thoughts on “Is it just me, or is it warm in here?”

  1. “If you observe liquid water in the open when the ambient temperature is below 32 degrees, then my guess would be that the sun has warmed the water.”

    OR the pressure has become so low that a cyclone develops and blows the Ice AWAY to warmer waters.

  2. “Question how does Ice Melt below 32 degrees anyways”

    I think the statement that ice melts at 32 degrees actually refers to standard temperature and pressure.

    But I think your question really is about how we can have liquid water when ambient temperature is below 32 degrees.

    The answer to that question is pretty simple when you think about it.

    Ambient temperature does not determine how much energy is entering a body including a body of water.

    In particular energy may enter a body of water by contact (say what the body is sitting on or in), by convection (say be wind blowing over the water), or by radiation – that is the sun shining on the water.

    If you observe liquid water in the open when the ambient temperature is below 32 degrees, then my guess would be that the sun has warmed the water.

    We see a crudely analogous effect when a car is parked in direct sunlight. The ambient temperature might be very reasonable say in the 80’s. But the temperature in the car might be over 150 degrees.

    The point is that intuition does not always lead us in the right direction or to the correct answer.

  3. “I will be more than glad to show you it ain’t happening.”

    Global warming, roughly, is a long term rise in average seasonal temperatures. We know that is happening because we have data for the past 100 years of so that demonstrate that is happening.

    Extremes in magnitude or number of storms is a prediction about what will happen when global warming occurs.

    Showing that the extremes have not been reached in the past few years demonstrates that we need better models of the effects of global warming. The failure of the models to predict the effects of global warming does not refute the occurrence of global warming. As I mentioned, the rising trend line of average seasonal temperature demonstrates global warming. That is what global warming is. We can observe it directly.

    The only serous (barely) question is whether man made release of carbon and various gases fully accounts for the decades long increase in average seasonal temperatures.

    I don’t know the answer to that question,. But the correlation between average rising seasonal temperature and release of gasses from burning fuel is pretty convincing or scary depending on your point of view.

    As for sunspot activity and other plausible explanations: show one that corresponds as well to the trend line and maybe we have something really interesting to talk about.

  4. Who here has seen “chasing Ice” ?
    What I’m afraid to ask is, what happens to the farmers & cities dependent on mountain glacier ice melt, hopefully they will all be invited to move in w/ the Gore haters & climate deniers

  5. For those who know what “put an ear to the ground” means:

    In a paper published June 7 in the journal Global Ecology and Biogeography, researchers present evidence that over the past century, vegetation has been gradually moving toward the poles and up mountain slopes, where temperatures are cooler, as well as toward the equator, where rainfall is greater.

    Moreover, an estimated one-tenth to one-half of the land mass on Earth will be highly vulnerable to climate-related vegetation shifts by the end of this century … according to the study.

    The results came from a meta-analysis of hundreds of field studies and a spatial analysis of observed 20th century climate and projected 21st century vegetation.

    The meta-analysis identified field studies that examined long-term vegetation shifts in which climate … was the dominant influence. The researchers found 15 cases of biome shifts since the 18th century that are attributable to changes in temperature and precipitation.

    (Agnotology: The Surge – 4).

  6. Global Warming is suppose to make…The Greenland Ice Sheet Disappear

    Result So much snow has fallen that for years the Green House was located at he right side of the fuel pit. They recently moved it to a new man built mound that it now sits on to the left.

    Look at the depth around the flags. They are having to plow away from the fuel pit everyday and push up past the flags onto the new mound they built.

    http://www.summitcamp—–>DOT<—–org/status/webcam/

  9. The Author Post A Video of a Melt Pond (NEAR) the North Pole not (At). The location is some 300 miles from the true North Pole.

    Melt Ponds during the Summer Melt Season is common. Today it is completely frozen over again.

    The Arctic is now at 100 plus consecutive days below normal during the middle of summer melt season.

    Source DMI Center For Ocean and Ice Center
    http://ocean.dmi—–>DOT<——dk/arctic/meant80n.uk.php

    Question how does Ice Melt below 32 degrees anyways

  10. Juliet N.

    Ya, it was unbelievable at 1st to see just how much we were wasting.

    We went though everything we were doing & changed when it made sense.

    We’re still looking for other things.

    I still haven’t found an automatic garden weeder & I don’t trust goats to do it. 🙂

    I did see some govt’s/cities have went back to using goat to prevent forest fires, that is a positive step back to the future.

  11. If anyone would like to add to…..

    Global Warming is suppose to make…………More Extreme
    I will be more than glad to show you it ain’t happening.

  12. Juliet N.,

    Back when we got started we were able to buy everything cheaper.

    That meant the up front Capital Cost were recovered quicker as energy prices/fees rose.

    I think Ed Begley still has some stuff out on youtube, regardless there’s no lack of info, just a lack of get up & getter done with most people.

    One step at a time & one’s there in no time.

    1. Oky1: We got serious about it a couple years ago. Not only are we saving money and reducing our footprint, we are much happier. We find a simple life is a better life.

  13. Correction “World Wide Tropical Cyclone Activity Remains Between 30-40 years old 4 years in a row.”

    SB World Wide Tropical Cyclone Activity Remains Between 30-40 year lows 4 years in a row.

    1. Joe Blow,

      I suppose you like your job as a corporate troll. Koch much?

  16. Global Warming is suppose to make………Wild Fires More Extreme

    2013 2nd quietest fire season last ten years. Acreage burn trend is down last ten years.

    Source National Interagency Fire Center

    http://www.nifc–&gt; DOT<–gov/fireInfo/nfn.htm

  17. And hey, instead of a Carbon Tax on me, how about a Radiation Tax on GE/ & the rest of those Nuke Kooks.

    Is it Me or is it Heating up in here?

    Oh that’s right there’s Nuke Meltdown/Nuke Radiation Everywhere!

    One Helluva way to Boil Water. Still To Cheap to Meter & Clean Energy Right?

    “Japan Finally Admits The Truth: “Right Now, We Have An Emergency At Fukushima”

    http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-05/japan-finally-admits-truth-right-now-we-have-emergency-fukushima

  18. Global Warming is suppose to make………Hurricanes More Numerous and Extreme

    Result–> U.S. in Longest Stretch in Recorded Hurricane History to Go Without A Major Land Falling Hurricane Cat 3 -Cat 5 currently over 7 years

    World Wide Tropical Cyclone Activity Remains Between 30-40 years old 4 years in a row.

  19. ** Otteray Scribe 1, August 5, 2013 at 2:09 pm

    Thanks, JoF,
    This is important stuff. Looks as if the climate change deniers showed up with the usual reasons to not do anything.
    **

    Well you guys could keep on whining year after year, decade after decade about how much pollution Al Gore’s & Jim Inhofes Jets & Mansions give off or you could devise an action plan as I did years back.

    You start by looking in the mirror & what your foot print looks like.

    Lighting is about 1/3rd of your home energy use… LEDs use 5% the energy old bulbs do, Mercury don’t do as good & then there’s the mercury issue. With the LEDS though it’s the cost & getting ones that have nice usable light.

    With some basic math & the ability to read/understand the faceplate info on your appliances you can check how efficient they are & if they need replaced. (Volts/Amps/Watts)

    Up front Capital Cost can produce Long Term Gains, check the math & you’ll have to guess where fuel prices are going in the future.

    Buy yourself one of these kilowatt meters & then you can track your electrical usage month by month.

    We’ve got a graph on the refrigerator going back almost a decade.

    http://www.google.com/search?q=kilowatt+meter+for+sale

    In most case one can literally reduce their yearly electrical usage by 33% to 50%.

    We’ve done far better then that but we’ve been at it a while.

    Imagine, if every household in the US cut electric usage by 1/3rd we’d shut down 1/3rd of the polluting power plants.

    So I’m kinda like STFU about Global warming and the Carbon Tax Scam/Al Gores/Goldman Sachs/Wallst Latest Derivative Tax Scam the want so they can profit & Pollute More & get off your butts & personally do something about it today.

    Next time you see the stats of the out of control rise in Asama/Bronchitis deaths or some 8 yr old kid dies from Asama in a traffic jamb because of pollution think about what I just wrote.

  20. Central Texas is rapidly running out of drinking water, mean while haliburton is moving its HQ’s to San Angelo, where they plan to start fracking the biggest field evah….I’m hoping to sell my house b/4 the water table goes bone dry

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