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2011-01-20 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

UN Sez 2010 Hottest Ever

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Posted by Bobby 2011-01-20 17:12|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 -25 wind chill tonight in Chicago, warmer by the lake.

Just sayin.

Posted by Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2011-01-20 17:23|| 2011-01-20 17:23|| Front Page Top

#2 I still call bullshit and bet the data is still being manipulated to fit the narrative.

Posted by DarthVader 2011-01-20 17:42|| 2011-01-20 17:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Actually, 2010 temperatures didn't get anywhere near the peaks of 1998 but the annual AVERAGE did:

Notice the red line which is a "rolling average" vs the black line which is the monthly averages. Big difference. 2010 wasn't near as warm as 1998.

Posted by crosspatch 2011-01-20 18:11|| 2011-01-20 18:11|| Front Page Top

#4 The graph is here:

http://www.drroyspencer.com/wp-content/uploads/UAH_LT_1979_thru_Dec_102.gif

Posted by crosspatch 2011-01-20 18:12|| 2011-01-20 18:12|| Front Page Top

#5 The last couple of years, the thermosphere contracted by almost a third. Any other factor at all is not going to come anywhere close to the climate effect of this.

The logical effect of this would be hot summers and cold winters, because the Earth's thermal blanket neither keeps radiation out, nor keeps it in.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-01-20 18:29|| 2011-01-20 18:29|| Front Page Top

#6 Crosspatch,
As I read the graph, current temps are up 0.18C (0.32F) from "baseline". So even if they weren't using Phil Jones' and James Hansen's numbers, it's still much ado about nothing.

Posted by Frozen Al 2011-01-20 20:16|| 2011-01-20 20:16|| Front Page Top

#7 Watts Up With That had and article here that shows the uncertainty of measurement is much larger than the stated 'anomaly' shoot the UN itself says the plus or minus is .2 degrees, more than the claim on 2010 <:'/

Posted by abu do you love 2011-01-20 20:44|| 2011-01-20 20:44|| Front Page Top

#8 One year measures weather. You need a minimum of 30 years to measure climate. Show me the data from the last 30 years and how it is causing problems. If not, I've got pressing issues like walking the dog.

Posted by tipper 2011-01-20 20:59|| 2011-01-20 20:59|| Front Page Top

#9 yea l0 hottest years except for the coldest winters experienced in the northern hemi lately....

what a croc

anyway: even though the climate probably IS changing, Carbon Dioxide is NOT the cause

ask any geologist

they are the historians of the earth - they see the core samples and know that at various points in earth's history the C02 levels have been far higher and the temperature far cooler than now.

levels of c02 reflect the increased plant / life activity that come AFTER warming

not cause it

and as for human c02 emissions making any difference: one volcanic eruption spews forth more than the entire human production in all of history.

not to mention the thousands of volcanic plumes beneath the sea that are erupting all the time

Posted by anon1 2011-01-20 21:53|| 2011-01-20 21:53|| Front Page Top

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