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2017 Among Warmest Years On Record (npr.org)
2017 was among the warmest years on record, according to new data released by NASA and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. From a report: The planet's global surface temperature last year was second warmest since 1880, NASA says. NOAA calls it the third warmest year on record, due to slight variation in the ways that they analyze temperatures. Both put 2017 behind 2016's record temperatures. And "both analyses show that the five warmest years on record have all taken place since 2010," NASA said in a press release. The trend is seen most dramatically in the Arctic, NASA says, as sea ice continues to melt.
When did Conservatism and lying about what is provably known become the same thing in America? As they repeat trickle down tax cuts for the richest and shut down the government again, who expects any change from this group?
If it keeps this up, it will take a lot of hot weather to make up for this...geez its cold in the south!!!!
You're forgetting the fundamental definition in the AGC community -- if the temperatures in an area are warmer than average, it's climate change. If the temperatures in an area are lower than average, it's just weather. And NOAA will ensure, through it's ongoing and declared practice of "adjusting" improperly-recorded historical temperature data, that the temperature record shows an ongoing rise in temperature 'proving' AGC.
That page is great, but there are no error bars on that page, either.
Another thing to note: scientists won't tell you what percentage of the warming is caused from AGW, and what percentage is from natural cycles (and if they do, it'll be a vague unsupported number, like "most:" again, presented without error bars).
Doing statistics without error bars is a sign of poorly done statistics.
"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
I have no idea if it's true or false. All I know is that claiming something is the EXTREME in HISTORY without mentioning the fact that the time scale of that history only covers 158 of the past 4.5 billion years is pure click-bait sensationalism.
It's not science. At all. Not even close.
"We receive as friendly that which agrees with, we resist with dislike that which opposes us" - Faraday
I don't deny global climate change exists. It is debatable as to the overall implications as 1) the climate models are shit; 2) research funding is contingent on only believing in the gcc alarmist orthodoxy; 3) the "97% of scientists" quote is based on a narrowly defined survey - that one might say is faulty, bordering on dishonest, research; 4) a growing body of scientists across the spectrum are in disagreement with the gcc alarmist orthodoxy; 5) carbon dioxide is not the leading green house gas - it's water vapor.