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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   Printer-friendly
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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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 18 2018, @05:42PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 18 2018, @05:42PM (#681286)

    You know there are giant ice cubes being melted right? Short term cooling will disappear after the last ice melts, then you'll really see the temperatures rise. Also the point about global vs. local weather patterns.

    Maybe we'll get lucky and cloud cover will increase and prevent the worst warming trends.