Warmest year since 1980. That would imply that there were warmer years Before 1980.
On Jul 21, 4:09 pm, nominal9 <[email protected]> wrote: > http://abh-news.com/2010-warmest-year-worldwide-since-1880-3690.html > > Sine record keeping started the temperature has slowly risen over the > years but this year has set a record itself- it’s the warmest year > recorded so far. This year has had the warmest average temperature for > January-June on record 57.5 F (12.2 C).The fact was brought to light > by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. June saw the > worst of heat sending the average temperature for the half year of > 2010 to higher than expected. There is a potential serious problem with experimental error. The earth does not have a bum that you can simply stick a thermometer into it. > > The climate analysis chief Jay Lawrimore said “Global temperatures > have been rising for the last 100-plus years. Much of the increase is > due to increases in greenhouse gases.” The average temperature in June > was 61.1 degrees Fahrenheit (16.2 Celsius), worldwide the National > Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Thursday. That was 1.22 > degrees F (0.68 C) warmer than average for June. > > But there were some exceptions to this worldwide trend. The > temperature at some parts of the southern china and northern US > recorded a little low temperatures than expected of the global trend. > Then there was Peru, eastern US and western Asia that recorded > temperatures warmer than normal. > > The rising temperature has indicated an increase in the natural > disasters like floods droughts and storms. As explained by the > analysts that the increasing temperatures increases the capacity of > atmosphere to hold more water. This leads to an increase in the > rainfall and causing floods. The floods and droughts will be seen in > adjacent places. Heavy snow too will be recorded. Droughts are likely > to be more severe and heat waves more frequent. > > Besides the temperatures the factor raising alarms is the level of sea > water and the rapidly melting polar ice. NOAA said that Arctic sea ice > covered 4.2 million square miles (10.9 million square kilometers). > This is the lowest June coverage since records began in 1979 and 10.6 > percent below the 1979-2000 average. It is the 19th consecutive June > with below average sea ice. The melting ice sounds the danger of > submerging coastal areas. > > But some other agencies say that the picture presented by the > government on the climate issue is not as grim and there is still some > time left to make amends and save the Earth from global warming and > its aftermaths. Thankfully the earth is still warming after the last glacial maximum of 18Kbp. It is 'warming' to know that the interstadial we are currently enjoying will not turn back towards the more common state of freezing. Where I am now the most common condition over the last 60k years is for there to be a mile high glacier outside in the street. So thanks for the reassurance that the current atypical warm period is not yet over - as I would hate to have to emigrate from England. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.
