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The next great global warming hiatus is coming! (Synopsis) [Starts With A Bang]
“…as a scientist I was trained you always have to show the negative data, the data that disagrees with you, and then make the case that your case is stronger.” -Richard Muller
Global temperatures have been on the rise not just for decades, but for as long as we’ve been measuring temperatures around the globe: for more than a century. Recently, however, the temperature has spiked to an unprecedented high, similar to what we saw in 1998.
Image credit: Japan Meteorological Association (JMA), of the monthly average temperatures in February, going back as far as temperature records do. Via the Sydney Morning Herald at http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/true-shocker-spike-in-global-temperatures-stuns-scientists-20160313-gni10t.html?utm_content=bufferbc37d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer#ixzz42sKWaHbp.
It isn’t due to global warming, on its own, that temperatures are so high this past year. Instead, it’s a combination of long-term climate change and also short-term weather patterns, like El Niño. When the short-term variations change again, we can expect to see a “pause” in the warming again for another 13-15 years, but this will not mean that global warming has stopped!
Average of NASA GISS, NOAA NCDC, and HadCRUT4 monthly global surface temperature anomalies from January 1970 through November 2012 (green) with linear trends applied to the time frames Jan ’70 – Oct ’77, Apr ’77 – Dec ’86, Sep ’87 – Nov ’96, Jun ’97 – Dec ’02, and Nov ’02 – Nov ’12. Image credit: Skeptical Science at http://www.skepticalscience.com/does-global-warming-pause-mean-what-you-think.html.
Be prepared for what the science is going to see, and don’t let yourself be taken in by unscrupulous arguments ever again! (This one is for you, Denier!)
Source: http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2016/03/16/the-next-great-global-warming-hiatus-is-coming-synopsis/
