Global Warming

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[Neferti]

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Yep....

good one Nef.

[Super Nova]

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Keeping the Solonoid standard up eh SN...

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What does the denialist camp here say to last year being a record..... just more natural variation I assume. Denial.......

" The lack of any record cold years since 1911 is another sign of the long-term global warming trend."

"13 of the hottest 15 years on record have all occurred since 2000 and that the odds of that happening randomly without the boost of global warming is 1 in 27 million."

1 in 27 million.... yep..... just natural variation.... my arse.

Broken Record: 2014 Proves Hottest Year

It's official, 2014 is the hottest year in the modern record per U.S. government agencies
January 16, 2015



The lack of any record cold years since 1911 is another sign of the long-term global warming trend.

The final numbers are in: 2014 is officially the hottest year on record in the past 135 years, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced Friday.

The record does not come as a surprise as it’s another marker of the sustained accumulation of heat in the atmosphere thanks to the unabated emissions of greenhouses gases such as carbon dioxide. Nine of the 10 warmest years on record have all occurred in the 21st century, with the exception of the blockbuster El Nino year of 1998. It also marks 38 straight years of above-average global annual temperatures.

A Climate Central analysis shows that 13 of the hottest 15 years on record have all occurred since 2000 and that the odds of that happening randomly without the boost of global warming is 1 in 27 million.

According to NOAA, the average global temperature for 2014 was 1.24°F above the 20th century average of 57°F. The year, capped off by a record warm December, surpassed the previous record holders, 2005 and 2010, by 0.07°F. Those numbers confirm the ranking by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) made earlier this month.

Including December, there were seven months in 2014 that set or tied record warmth.

There are small differences in the way various agencies handle global temperature data, yielding sometimes different rankings for particular months and years. But for 2014, there is broad agreement on the ranking, and for all agencies, nine of the 10 warmest years on record have all occurred since 2000.

The lack of any record cold years since 1911 is another sign of the long-term global warming trend. Over that same period, 19 records for hottest year, including 2014, have been set, according to a Climate Central analysis.

Unusual warmth was spread across certain land regions this year, particularly the Russian Far East, the U.S. West, parts of Australia, and Europe, which saw its hottest year in more than 500 years.

But it was the warmth of the oceans that really stood out. Sea surface temperatures for the planet were a record 1.03°F above the 20th century average, surpassing 2003 and 1998 (when an extreme El Nino boosted ocean heat) by 0.09°F.

Every ocean basin had some part of it with record warmth, said Thomas Karl, director of NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center.

How 2015 will shape up is, of course, uncertain, but that ocean heat will play a role, as water responds much more slowly to changes in heat than land. So even if there is an event like a volcano eruption that could cause cooling, that ocean heat isn’t likely to dissipate anytime soon.

“So that gives some added energy for 2015,” Karl said.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/artic ... test-year/

[Neferti]

Check what the Australian Bureau of Meteorology is saying.

State of the Climate 2014

http://www.bom.gov.au/state-of-the-climate/

KEY POINTS

Australia’s climate has warmed by 0.9°C since 1910, and the frequency of extreme weather has changed, with more extreme heat and fewer cool extremes.

Rainfall averaged across Australia has slightly increased since 1900, with the largest increases in the northwest since 1970.

Rainfall has declined since 1970 in the southwest, dominated by reduced winter rainfall. Autumn and early winter rainfall has mostly been below average in the southeast since 1990.

Extreme fire weather has increased, and the fire season has lengthened, across large parts of Australia since the 1970s.

Global mean temperature has risen by 0.85°C from 1880 to 2012.

The amount of heat stored in the global oceans has increased, and global mean sea level has risen by 225 mm from 1880 to 2012.

Annual average global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations reached 395 parts per million (ppm) in 2013 and concentrations of the other major greenhouse gases are at their highest levels for at least 800 000 years.

Australian temperatures are projected to continue to increase, with more extremely hot days and fewer extremely cool days.

Average rainfall in southern Australia is projected to decrease, and heavy rainfall is projected to increase over most parts of Australia.

Sea-level rise and ocean acidification are projected to continue.

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Yep. It all points to human contribution to global warming. Funny that.

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Statistically insignificant...

You will note that the supposed increase to create the "hottest year on record" was 0.02 deg C with a measurement tolerance of +/- 0.09 deg C.

I'd explain the clusterfuck of homogenisation but it would be wasted on you.


Keep drinking that kool aid SN

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Statistically insignificant...

You will note that the supposed increase to create the "hottest year on record" was 0.02 deg C with a measurement tolerance of +/- 0.09 deg C.

I'd explain the clusterfuck of homogenisation but it would be wasted on you.


Keep drinking that kool aid SN

This is not statistically insignificant.

"A Climate Central analysis shows that 13 of the hottest 15 years on record have all occurred since 2000 and that the odds of that happening randomly without the boost of global warming is 1 in 27 million."