dickeynation:

If you use 1950 as “present” or “0” and use ice cores to determine global temperatures and atmospheric CO2 you’ll find that CO2, surprise surprise, does correspond with temps. Of course don’t worry, Jesus made the earth 4,000 years ago, I’m a liar, Obama paid me to say this with your tax money, this is all some big hoax to give poor people a rich capitalist’s money or something, nothing bad is ever going to happen to you, America is perfect, the UN is stupid, scientists aren’t that smart, community college drop outs on talk radio, and Congressmen who represent districts that deny biological evolution of humanity are sound scientific authorities…I hope humanity can sleep at night. 

Fact.

wotfigo:

(RealClimate) – In a major step forward in proxy data synthesis, the PAst Global Changes (PAGES) 2k Consortium has just published a suite of continental scale reconstructions of temperature for the past two millennia in Nature Geoscience. More information about the study and its…

wotfigo:

Why can’t we quit fossil fuels?
Duncan Clark, The Guardian
We have far more oil, coal and gas than we can safely burn. For all the millions of words written about climate change, the challenge really comes down to this: fuel is enormously useful, massively valuable and hugely…

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barrywone-blog:

We previously examined a paper published by McLean, de Freitas, and Carter (2009 )which showed that most of the short-term variability in lower atmosphere temperatures is due to changes in the El Niño Southern Oscilliation (ENSO). This was not a new finding at the time, but the authors…

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ecowatchorg:

Groundbreaking Study Reaffirms Human Impact on Climate

The research, compiled by 73 scientists from 28 institutions worldwide, is the most comprehensive reconstruction of global temperatures to date. It used corals, ice cores, tree rings, lake and marine sediments, historical records, cave deposits and climate archives to help establish temperature trends over the last 2,000 years.

wotfigo:

World Meteorological Organization confirms 2012 was ninth warmest year on record – ‘The sustained warming of the lower atmosphere is a worrisome sign’

GENEVA, 2 May 2013 (WMO) The World Meteorological Organization’s Statement on the Status of the Global Climatesays that 2012 joined the…

effectdeja-vu:

climate365:

Each year, four international science institutions compile temperature data from thousands of stations around the world and make independent judgments about whether the year was warmer or cooler than average. “The official records vary slightly because of subtle differences in the way we analyze the data,” said Reto Ruedy, climate scientist at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. “But they also agree extraordinarily well.”

All four records show peaks and valleys in sync with each other. All show rapid warming in the past few decades. All show the last decade has been the warmest on record.

Note: An updated version of this graph was posted on 1/25.

its not g0od :/

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tangledwing:

Sea fan, Belize.

Sea Surface Temperatures Reach Highest Level in 150 Years on Northeast Continental Shelf

Sea surface temperatures in the Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem during 2012 were the highest recorded in 150 years, according to the latest Ecosystem Advisory issued by NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC). These high sea surface temperatures (SSTs) are the latest in a trend of above average temperature seen during the spring and summer seasons, and part of a pattern of elevated temperatures occurring in the Northwest Atlantic, but not seen elsewhere in the ocean basin over the past century.

The advisory reports on conditions in the second half of 2012.

Sea surface temperature for the Northeast Shelf Ecosystem reached a record high of 14 degrees Celsius (57.2°F) in 2012, exceeding the previous record high in 1951. Average SST has typically been lower than 12.4 C (54.3 F) over the past three decades.

clairecreates:

The midwest burned, NYC swam, and the Arctic sea ice set a new record low last September. 

Australia’s summer so far has been the hottest on record, too- in January, meteorologists were forced to add two new colors to the weather map to account for record-high temperatures.

I wonder how this summer will be?

Sea surface temperatures in the Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem during 2012 were the highest recorded in 150 years, according to the latest Ecosystem Advisory issued by NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC). These high sea surface temperatures (SSTs) are the latest in a trend of above average temperature seen during the spring and summer seasons, and part of a pattern of elevated temperatures occurring in the Northwest Atlantic, but not seen elsewhere in the ocean basin over the past century.

The advisory reports on conditions in the second half of 2012.

Sea surface temperature for the Northeast Shelf Ecosystem reached a record high of 14 degrees Celsius (57.2°F) in 2012, exceeding the previous record high in 1951. Average SST has typically been lower than 12.4 C (54.3 F) over the past three decades.

Sea surface temperature in the region is based on both contemporary satellite remote-sensing data and long-term ship-board measurements, with historical SST conditions based on ship-board measurements dating back to 1854. The temperature increase in 2012 was the highest jump in temperature seen in the time series and one of only five times temperature has changed by more than 1 C (1.8 F).