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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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Remember Darwin; building a better mousetrap merely results in smarter mice.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday May 18 2018, @04:44PM
Two year cooling cycles, even if they set records, are statistical noise compared to the long-term trend.
Looking at a specific two years in a global, long-term, phenomenon just reeks of cherry picking.