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The supposed ‘consensus’ on man-made global warming is facing an inconvenient challenge after the release of new temperature data showing the planet has not warmed for the past 15 years.
The figures suggest that we could even be heading for a mini ice age to rival the 70-year temperature drop that saw frost fairs held on the Thames in the 17th Century.
Based on readings from more than 30,000 measuring stations, the data was issued last week without fanfare by the Met Office and the University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit. It confirms that the rising trend in world temperatures ended in 1997.
NASA Finds 2011 Ninth-Warmest Year on Record 01.19.12
The global average surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880, according to NASA scientists. The finding continues a trend in which nine of the 10 warmest years in the modern meteorological record have occurred since the year 2000.
NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York, which monitors global surface temperatures on an ongoing basis, released an updated analysis that shows temperatures around the globe in 2011 compared to the average global temperature from the mid-20th century. The comparison shows how Earth continues to experience warmer temperatures than several decades ago. The average temperature around the globe in 2011 was 0.92 degrees F (0.51 C) warmer than the mid-20th century baseline.
Summer 2011: Hottest on Record
In addition to the cities below, June-August was the hottest such period on record for the states of Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, and New Mexico. In fact, in records dating to 1895, the June-August mean statewide temperatures in Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana were three of the four hottest such summer mean temperatures on record for the U.S.
The temperature analysis produced at GISS is compiled from weather data from more than 1,000 meteorological stations around the world, satellite observations of sea surface temperature and Antarctic research station measurements.
Originally posted by ArMaP
reply to post by TrueAmerican
So, does that mean that the glaciers have been growing since 1997 instead of disappearing and nobody noticed?
not according to NASA
Analysis by experts at NASA and the University of Arizona
Originally posted by ArMaP
reply to post by TrueAmerican
So, does that mean that the glaciers have been growing since 1997 instead of disappearing and nobody noticed?
Originally posted by ArMaP
reply to post by TrueAmerican
So, does that mean that the glaciers have been growing since 1997 instead of disappearing and nobody noticed?
Originally posted by EnigmaAgent
Originally posted by ArMaP
reply to post by TrueAmerican
So, does that mean that the glaciers have been growing since 1997 instead of disappearing and nobody noticed?
Well that depends on if you photograph and study them in the summer months as opposed to the winter months.