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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: 5, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday May 18 2018, @07:27PM (1 child)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday May 18 2018, @07:27PM (#681337) Journal

    Not necessarily. If the Gulf Stream shuts off, you're gonna see some stupidly-cold winters in Western Europe. What global warming does is 1) cause greater extremes while the current negative feedbacks like the cryosphere and the thermohaline loops keep working, and 2) cause all hell to break loose when the feedbacks are overwhelmed.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 18 2018, @08:43PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 18 2018, @08:43PM (#681377)

    Woah woah woah, you gotta ELI5 that shit around here.