Posted on 02/06/2019 5:59:31 PM PST by EdnaMode
Last year was Earth's 4th-warmest year on record, coming in behind 2016, the planet's warmest recorded year, as well as 2015 and 2017, according to information released Wednesday by NOAA, NASA and the U.K. Met Office.
Why it matters: The yearly rankings don't tell the whole story of long-term climate change, since natural variability can still push or pull an individual year up or down the rankings. However, the overall picture is growing starker with each passing year. Nine of the 10 warmest years on record since reliable data began in 1880 have occurred since 2005. At the same time, greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels — as well as deforestation and intensive agriculture — have skyrocketed to levels not seen in more than 800,000 years.
By the numbers: For 2018, the average temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.42°F (0.79°C) above the 20th century average, according to NOAA.
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Ping.
Another week of the sub-zero BS and it would have happened again this year.
Nice try.
It was far warmer during Roman times.
Humanity thrived.
3 of the least credible agencies possible for valid scientific research on climate.
No. You're probably thinking of the Guatemala earthquake.
Their records go back almost six years.
Oh yeah you’re right. :D
“warmest on record”
How long have they been keeping records? 100? 200 years? That’s a microsecond compared to the earths climate cycles over the past 4.5 billion years.
> Earth’s 5 warmest years on record have occurred since 2014 <
Of course. Any other conclusion is verboten!
Traditional science: Make the theory fit the data.
Climate science: Make the data fit the theory.
If true warm is GREAT! It’s rare that the earth generally IS warm. Ice ages are the norm and happen pretty regularly.
Better blame America and not China or India I guess.
The headline is bursting with confidence, since we’ve been keeping track of temps for dozens of years.
More areas of the US have thermometers installed than ever before. But more importantly, thermometers now are more accurate AND more precise than ever before, measuring in tinier increments than ever before. So a 1/100th of a degree higher reading than a 50 year-old mercury reading is trumpeted as a record high temperature.
Let’s see.
So this was five years that happened after 2014 on up to this year.
Hmmmmmm.......
April?
Prove it. Someone was there 800,000 years ago to document this, I would expect. Let’s see their data.
“> Earth’s 5 warmest years on record have occurred since 2014 <”
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On record.
How long have records been kept-——and how old is the earth?
These people are nuts.
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you obviously don’t understand how global climate change works.
when it’s hot, it’s because of us
when it’ cold, it’ because of us
when it rains too much, it’s because of us
when it rains too little, it’s because of us
In effect, they can never be proven wrong (in their minds)
Reminds me of Joe Pesci’s foolproof way to make money in Las Vegas in the movie “Casino”
If he won a bet he collected, if he lost a bet, he didn’t pay.
Can’t lose.
Man am I embarrassed.
“April”
Sheesh.
Do I feel silly.
I meant May.
let’s go and ask a geologist and a paleontologist about coal...lol and about earths history with carbon dioxide.” I believe plants thrive on it”. Heat was a huge part of that equation.
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