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Earth Just had its 400th Consecutive Warmer-Than-Average Month Thanks to Global Warming

posted by martyb on Friday May 18 2018, @10:55AM   
from the gonna-need-a-MUCH-bigger-parasol dept.

DeathMonkey writes:

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."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/05/17/global-warming-april-400th-consecutive-warm-month/618484002/?csp=chromepush

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• Re:The rocks in his head are falling out. Re:The rocks in his head are falling out. (Score: 3, Funny) by bob_super on Friday May 18 2018, @04:36PM (1 child)

  by bob_super (1357) on Friday May 18 2018, @04:36PM (#681240)

  The US Congress will soon pass (along party lines) a resolution defining "avarage" as 10 F above current scientific consensus.
  Look forward to campaign ads saying that thanks to their action, the weather is definitely cooler than avarage, has been for a long time, and any other claim is pure fake news.

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• Re:The rocks in his head are falling out. (Score: 3, Funny) by RS3 on Friday May 18 2018, @07:02PM

  by RS3 (6367) on Friday May 18 2018, @07:02PM (#681322)

  Longer bikini seasons!

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