NASA, NOAA Analyses Reveal Record-Shattering Global Warm Temperatures In 2015 (nasa.gov)

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 20, 2016 @12:43PM from the it's-getting-hot-in-here dept.

vikingpower writes: Earth's 2015 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern record keeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Globally-averaged temperatures in 2015 shattered the previous mark set in 2014 by 0.23 degrees Fahrenheit (0.13 Celsius). Only once before, in 1998, has the new record been greater than the old record by this much. The British Met office also reports on the same phenomenon, even forecasting that global temperatures are very soon going to reach the one-degree-Celsius marker. According to Stephen Belcher, Director of the Met Office Hadley Centre, "We've had similar natural events in the past, yet this is the first time we're set to reach the 1 C marker and it's clear that it is human influence driving our modern climate into uncharted territory."

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Damn those... by DesertNomad · 2016-01-20 13:32 · Score: 1, Redundant

Volcanoes (http://www.livescience.com/40451-volcanic-co2-levels-are-staggering.html)
Termite mounds generating methane gas (http://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/31/us/termite-gas-exceeds-smokestack-pollution.html)
Penguins pooping on the Antarctica ice sheets (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/090603-penguin-poop-video-ap.html)
Evil climate heaters at the Trilateral Commission (http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/march2007/280307globalistslove.htm)
Tarps used by the UN that absorb sunlight too well (http://www.wired.com/2016/01/tarpaulin/)
Meteorites and asteroids polluting the atmosphere (http://www.ehso.com/climatechange/climatechangecauses-meteorites.php)
Ancient Romans (http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/350051/The-Romans-were-producing-greenhouse-gases-report-slams-UN-climate-change-claims)
People against increased food supplies (http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/barbara-hollingsworth/record-co2-coincides-record-breaking-crop-yields-greening-globe)
Aliens who are causing the sun to heat up (http://www.friendsofscience.org/index.php?id=454) (except for the aliens part)
I tell you, it's just not our fault...