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Dead_Parrot

(14,478 posts) Mon Mar 19, 2012, 01:18 PM Mar 2012

History of climate change re-written with release of Russian data

The history of a changing climate has been officially re-written following the release of new data from Russia and bases within the Arctic Circle.

Scientists have now calculated that 2010 has overtaken 1998 to now be the warmest year on record, followed in second place by 2005 as 1998 is pushed into third place.

The recalculation of the annual global mean temperature records follows the release of weather data from more than 600 locations around the Arctic Circle.

The dataset is compiled by the Met Office and the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit, who today announced the update.

More: http://www.clickgreen.org.uk/news/international-news/123326-history-of-climate-change-re-written-with-release-of-russian-data.html

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History of climate change re-written with release of Russian data (Original Post) Dead_Parrot Mar 2012 OP

I wonder where 2011 will rank? aaaaaa5a Mar 2012 #1

Winter's not over yet longship Mar 2012 #2

Climate data normally takes northern winter as Dec, Jan and Feb muriel_volestrangler Mar 2012 #3

Yes, indeed. longship Mar 2012 #5

Some people will deny global warming at the drop of a snowflake Dead_Parrot Mar 2012 #6

Go fsck yourself, Inhofe. aaaaaa5a Mar 2012 #7

Globally, it's been quite a bit cooler than 2010 Dead_Parrot Mar 2012 #4

aaaaaa5a

(4,667 posts)

1. I wonder where 2011 will rank?

Reply to Dead_Parrot (Original post)

Mon Mar 19, 2012, 01:21 PM

Mar 2012

This was the strangest winter I have ever gone through.

longship

(40,416 posts)

2. Winter's not over yet

Reply to aaaaaa5a (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 19, 2012, 01:54 PM

Mar 2012

Tomorrow's projected high here in the nat'l forest in west central MI (LP) is 83 F, and do I need to remind anybody that it's technically winter. Typically these temps aren't observed here until June, May at the earliest.

Go fsck yourself, Inhofe.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,316 posts)

3. Climate data normally takes northern winter as Dec, Jan and Feb

Reply to longship (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 19, 2012, 04:04 PM

Mar 2012

NASA's GISS dataset for land and sea is ready; it puts this winter at 0.40 C above the 1951-1980 average - the coldest since 2008.

http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/tabledata_v3/GLB.Ts+dSST.txt

longship

(40,416 posts)

5. Yes, indeed.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 19, 2012, 10:15 PM

Mar 2012

And I'm one of those people who are continually chastising people for confusing weather and climate, the former is what is happening outdoors right now, the latter is what's been happening for decades and what is likely to happen in decades in the future.

But this winter is such an outlier that it's inevitable that people will make a connection. So now the climate scientists will look deeply into this anomaly and see what they see. Nota bene, some are already cautiously connecting this winter to global climate. But I'm still one to let the science sort itself out.

If this winter is an effect of global warming, we're in deep poo-poo.