Last year was ninth warmest in history, NASA says

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There's no denying it—the world is getting warmer. Now with new evidence gathered by NASA, we might find that the heat waves and nearly non-existent winters of 2011 are the new norm.

According to an annual analysis of global temperatures released earlier this week by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), the planet's average temperature was nearly one degree F warmer in 2011 than it was in the middle of the 20th century.

The map above illustrates changes in temperature by region, showing how much warmer or cooler each area was in 2011 compared with an averaged "base period" from 1951 to 1980. Some regions, such as patches of land in Siberia and the Arctic, have experienced increases of as much as seven degrees F above the mid-century average.

Scientists from NASA also note that of the ten warmest years in history, nine have occurred since the year 2000 (including 2011 which ranked as the ninth warmest year).

"We know the planet is absorbing more energy than it is emitting," said GISS director James Hansen in a press release. "So we are continuing to see a trend toward higher temperatures. Even with the cooling effects of a strong La Niña influence and low solar activity for the past several years, 2011 was one of the ten warmest years on record."

http://www.smartplan...nasa-says/21767

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i'm still waiting on those stronger hurricanes.

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stfu Steven.

Seriously, no one cares about your tax the ** out of everyone answers.

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I'm not complaining. I hate cold weather.

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i'm still waiting on those stronger hurricanes.

You beat me to it. 7 years ago it was powerful hurricanes a' comin'.

I'm not complaining. I hate cold weather.

I moved here to get in on the land before the rush!

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The map is wrong. We didn't have a summer here. That map shows no difference. I call bullshit.

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"We know the planet is absorbing more energy than it is emitting,"

It's all them solar panels. Jeez! Where do these folks go to school?

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The map above illustrates changes in temperature by region, showing how much warmer or cooler each area was in 2011 compared with an averaged "base period" from 1951 to 1980.

All of the global land and sea temperature anomaly series used by the IPCC are created with reference to a base period of 1961 - 1990 and all of the major temperature series produced by the University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit and England's Met Office, Hadley Centre, such as HadCRUT3, HadSST2, and CRUTEM3 use 1961 - 1990 as a base period. GISTEMP produces the only major temperature anomaly series that uses 1951 - 1980 as a base period.

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NASA is lying.

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so history started 1880?!

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All of the global land and sea temperature anomaly series used by the IPCC are created with reference to a base period of 1961 - 1990 and all of the major temperature series produced by the University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit and England's Met Office, Hadley Centre, such as HadCRUT3, HadSST2, and CRUTEM3 use 1961 - 1990 as a base period. GISTEMP produces the only major temperature anomaly series that uses 1951 - 1980 as a base period.

Yes. They found if they move the base years by even a few years either way then the Temps would be not what the GW folks want. They need to fudge numbers to get what they want.

so history started 1880?!

Apparently it did. Doesn't surprise me that they started the data after the, 'mini ice age'.

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NASA is lying.

If all those folks want to keep their jobs they are. NASA is on the chopping block big time. They have been short on successes for the last few decades.

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If all those folks want to keep their jobs they are. NASA is on the chopping block big time. They have been short on successes for the last few decades.

All Federal agencies are under directives to assume that GW is real and act accordingly.

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Fudge Report shows up for the first time in days, and throws in a hot fishing line straight away!

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In the analysis, the years from 1880 to 1950 tend to appear cooler (more blues than reds), growing less cool as we move toward the 1950s. Decades within the base period do not appear particularly warm or cold because they are the standard against which all decades are measured. The leveling off between the 1940s and 1970s may be explained by natural variability and possibly by cooling effects of aerosols generated by the rapid economic growth after World War II.

Fossil fuel use also increased in the post-War era (5 percent per year), boosting greenhouse gases. But aerosol cooling is more immediate, while greenhouse gases accumulate slowly and take much longer to leave the atmosphere. The strong warming trend of the past three decades likely reflects a shift from comparable aerosol and greenhouse gas effects to a predominance of greenhouse gases, as aerosols were curbed by pollution controls, according to GISS director Jim Hansen.

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/decadaltemp.php

Bring back the Big Hair 80's! Problem solved!

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