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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: 2) by JoeMerchant on Saturday May 19 2018, @02:23AM (3 children)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Saturday May 19 2018, @02:23AM (#681499)

    2 seconds of Google gets this:

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873965212000047 [sciencedirect.com]

    variability of surface air temperature (SAT) associated with the AO index shows high correlation with recent global warming trend.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday May 19 2018, @02:44AM (2 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday May 19 2018, @02:44AM (#681505) Journal
    And? Shouldn't one first establish that this index measures some sort of variability?

    • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Saturday May 19 2018, @05:02PM (1 child)

      by JoeMerchant (3937) on Saturday May 19 2018, @05:02PM (#681611)

      Shouldn't one first establish that this index measures some sort of variability?

      So, establish your own peer reviewed journal and write your own rules - I'm sure if it's of value it will be widely read and respected.

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      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday May 19 2018, @11:17PM

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday May 19 2018, @11:17PM (#681702) Journal

        establish your own peer reviewed journal

        Why would I bother to do that? What's in it for me?