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NOAA: Earth Smashed A Record For Heat In May 2014, Effects To Worsen

Posted by Unknown on from the but-the-koch-bros-say-it's-a-lie dept.

Freshly Exhumed (105597) writes with news that NOAA's latest global climate analysis is showing things are getting hotter. From the article: Driven by exceptionally warm ocean waters, Earth smashed a record for heat in May and is likely to keep on breaking high temperature marks, experts say. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Monday said May's average temperature on Earth of 15.54 C beat the old record set four years ago. In April, the globe tied the 2010 record for that month. Records go back to 1880. Experts say there's a good chance global heat records will keep falling, especially next year because an El Nino weather event is brewing on top of man-made global warming. An El Nino is a warming of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean that alters climate worldwide and usually spikes global temperatures.

5 of 547 comments (clear)

  1. No by bugs2squash · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, no it didn't happen. La La La La La - I can't hear you

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    Nullius in verba
    1. Re:No by mtrachtenberg · · Score: 4, Funny

      No, no it didn't happen. La La La La La - I can't hear you

      Please consider running for office as a GOP candidate -- you've got that special je ne sai quoi.

  2. Re:records go back to 1880, very funny by Intrepid+imaginaut · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'll take the cold any day. It's easier and usually more fun to warm up than it is to cool off.

    Also, snoooowwwwwww!

  3. Re:Deniers can't make up their minds by Bodhammer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Please stop confusing the issue with facts. Are you new here?

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    "I say we take off, nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
  4. Re:It's hard to keep the stories straight these da by Kaenneth · · Score: 3, Funny

    I used to set lead type in my parents print shop as a kid, and I'm perfectly fine, even after setting lead type in my parents print shop, it had no effect on me, just like setting lead type in my parents print shop.