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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. Ok if you say so. Still doesn’t change the facts that Hurricanes are no more intense or frequent. That Tornado’s are increasing. Floods Droughts and Fires show no increasing trend. But we do know that over the last 15 years temperatures have paused. You can’t break 1000 U.S. cold records in the month of July it the Northern Hemi Cap is hot. It doesn’t work that way.

  5. OH I get it now RTC.

    Oh well, he started it by insinuating and calling me a troll. Maybe if you guys wouldn’t refer to them as Koch Suckers I would know you pronounce it COKE

    1. Joe I just called you what you are. Aren’t you proud of your work for the Kochs? Don’t they pay you enough for the propaganda you write? Finally don’t you realize that Joe Blow is a fitting sobriquet for what the 1% think of you. Joe Blow to them is just another low level hireling not fit to lick the soles of Koch shoes. Doen’t being that to them make you a little sad, or perhaps you are like the “Lord”who had the privilege each morning to empty Louis XIV’s bedpan.

  6. Of course the NE is now in the big cool down because the Ghost of DORIAN is becoming a 984 MB LOW as it approaches the Tip of Greenland and the NW return flow from the Arctic is sure to send them a chill

  7. Hey Joe Blow: I believe Spindell was referring to Koch as in Coke. Get it, moron, Coke, Blow. A-hole

  9. What was really neat to watch was the three areas of low pressure traversing the top of this side of the Northern Cap pulling down the very cold air from the Arctic with their NW return flow.

    You know the ones that broke over 1000 cold record temperatures last week. Even had measurable snow in the higher elevations of Colla Rad ah.

  10. DavidM,

    There is no data misconduct. The data is genuine, valid, and compelling. The only drawback is that it can’t be summarized in small words and colorful pictures. Since your patron saint of fluff, Ronald Reagan, proclaimed that anything that can’t be summed up in bullet points isn’t worth the effort to understand, conservatives don’t bother thinking for themselves. As soon as the Koch Bros invest in alternative energy, you’ll change your tune.

  11. This is cooler than cool. Wind map. At the moment, it appears there is a nice four corners high, and another over the Dakotas. The convergence pattern north-northwest of Denver is fascinating to watch.

    http://hint.fm/wind/

  14. Does anybody here realize what percentage of CO2 is in the atmosphere?

    400 Parts Per Million, The so called safe zone is 350 Parts Per Million. You know the level when we really start to see runaway Global Warming because of how powerful CO2 really is. It’s plant food, a vital part of life on Earth.

    With that said who here believes it should be reduced to zero ?
    Will that make you happy ?

  15. “Your credibility ended with the old “harmless trace gas” description of CO2″

    I am reminded of the argument that CO2 cannot be harmful because that is what come out of you mouth made by those two renowned scientist E. Gordon Liddy and Rush Limbaugh.

  16. Hey U NSASPYING American hating Phktards I made U guys a Type O:

    Correction: If I’m rested tomorrow morning I’m “Non-Violently” attacking the Ahole Wallst Banks/Insurance crooks 1st thing out of bed, everyday from now to then!

  17. “Your credibility ended with the old “harmless trace gas” description of CO2”

    I am reminded of the argument that CO2 could be harmful because that is what come out of you mouth made by those two renowned scientist E. Gordon Liddy and Rush Limbaugh.

  18. Mike, Koch’s 1st of all are Thieves! 2nd they are Evil!

    I’m tired, you can google Kochs steal Osage Indian Oil & other royalty owners oil & Bush let them walk.

    Something like that.

    They stole my friends & neighbor stuff is the point.

    If I’m rested tomorrow morning I’m attacking the Ahole Wallst Banks/Insurance crooks 1st thing out of bed, everyday from now to then!

  19. ” Yes Global Warming is real, CO2 is just not the main driver.”

    You spent all afternoon giving it your best shot, which consisted of pointing to predictions that did not turn out.

    But a logical look at the argument shows that failure of a model’s predictions in no way impugns the data. If you want to show the data is faulty you have to talk about the data not the predictions.

    Now you admit to the long term rise in average seasonal temperature which is global warming.

    But you claim that CO2 cannot be the cause. Well, maybe it is not the cause.

    But we know there is an association of warming and increasing levels of CO2. We know that are models that explain how various gases affect transmission of light and radiation of heat to increase temperature.

    If you want to convince us that those models are wrong then you have to do more than simply announce that in your opinion ‘CO2 is just not the main driver.’ You have to do more than announce that ‘a harmless trace gas that is in the atmosphere that makes up a very very small percentage of the total mass can not be the one all cure all reason ‘

    Intuition is frequently a poor guide to reality. When it comes to complex phenomenon like global warming, intuition is likely useless.

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