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It was December 1984, and President Reagan had just been elected to his second term, Dynasty was the top show on TV and Madonna's Like a Virgin topped the musical charts.
It was also the last time the Earth had a cooler-than-average month.
Last month marked the planet's 400th consecutive month with above-average temperatures, federal scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday.
[...] "We live in and share a world that is unequivocally, appreciably and consequentially warmer than just a few decades ago, and our world continues to warm," said NOAA climate scientist Deke Arndt. "Speeding by a '400' sign only underscores that, but it does not prove anything new."
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Earth Just had its 400th Consecutive Warmer-Than-Average Month Thanks to Global Warming
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 18 2018, @11:53AM (1 child)
Actually, add april and may to get 630 months.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 18 2018, @12:03PM
Still wrong. From the same source (USA today) only a few months ago:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2017/01/18/hottest-year-on-record/96713338/ [usatoday.com]
So actually its been 1.5 million months... not sure what type of denier shit theyre trying to pull by saying its only 400.