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It’s Official: 2018 Was the Fourth-Warmest Year on Record

posted by martyb on Wednesday February 06 2019, @10:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the Hot-Stuff dept.

DeathMonkey writes:

NASA scientists announced Wednesday that the Earth’s average surface temperature in 2018 was the fourth highest in nearly 140 years of record-keeping and a continuation of an unmistakable warming trend.

“The five warmest years have, in fact, been the last five years,” said Gavin A. Schmidt, director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, the NASA group that conducted the analysis. “We’re no longer talking about a situation where global warming is something in the future. It’s here. It’s now.”

Over all, 18 of the 19 warmest years have occurred since 2001.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/06/climate/fourth-hottest-year.html

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 07 2019, @02:07AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 07 2019, @02:07AM (#797562)

    I don't proffer any explanation for this phenomenon, but there does seem to be something to it. I'd love to see someone take this further, not sure it is worth it to me.

    So, you think there is a lag then plot the data with the lag. I shared all that is needed in the comments here, but if you need anything else (eg the entire code to make the charts, etc) I will gladly share.