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posted by on Saturday January 21 2017, @05:52AM   Printer-friendly
from the frying-an-egg-on-the-sidewalk dept.

2016 was the warmest year since humans began keeping records, by a wide margin. Global average temperatures were extremely hot in the first few months of the year, pushed up by a large El NiƱo event. Global surface temperatures dropped in the second half of 2016, yet still show a continuation of global warming.

This is the third record-breaking year in a row.

Berkeley Earth's work has been published in Science Advances (DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1601207) (DX)

Also at NASA (Javascript required) and the Washington Post.


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  • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Saturday January 21 2017, @08:04AM

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Saturday January 21 2017, @08:04AM (#456905) Journal

    For the last few years we get this "Hottest year Evar!" headline and it evaporates under scrutiny.

    Well, in that case you surely can show the scrutiny under which it evaporates, right?

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday January 21 2017, @01:37PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday January 21 2017, @01:37PM (#456957) Journal
    The error bars are an order of magnitude greater than the amount by which this is supposed to be a record warm year.
    • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Saturday January 21 2017, @01:47PM

      by maxwell demon (1608) on Saturday January 21 2017, @01:47PM (#456961) Journal

      What image are you referring to? Because I can't seem to be able to find an image that fits your claim.

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