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arenean Donating Member (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-29-08 09:26 AM
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Ships rewrite temperature record (BBC)
Global temperatures did not dip sharply in the 1940s as the conventional graph shows, scientists believe.

They say an abrupt dip of 0.3C in 1945 actually reflects a change in how temperatures were measured at sea.

Until 1945, most readings were taken by US ships; but after the war, UK vessels resumed measurements, and they took the sea's temperature differently.

Full BBC story here
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GliderGuider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-29-08 09:31 AM
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1. And another denialist talking point bites the dust.
Too bad, so sad.
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NickB79 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-29-08 12:44 PM
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3. And I'm sure I'll hear about this on all the major RW radio shows today
I mean, it's not like Rush Limpballs, Glen Beck or Sean Hannity would lie to people, right? Right?
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jpak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-29-08 09:39 AM
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2. NOAA has operated a ship-of-opportunity oceanographic data program for decades
http://na.nefsc.noaa.gov/soop.html

using XBTs (expendable bathythermographs) to measure temperature depth profiles.

They look like mortar shells...

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/goos/uot/xbt-what-is.php
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