Freakish US heat June '11 -May'12

[Texoz]

Yeah, so it's been this f'ing warm the last 12 months.The Link

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"Thirty-two states were record warm for the 12-month period, and an additional ten states were top ten warm. Each of the 12 months from June 2011 through May 2012 ranked among the warmest third of their historical distribution for the first time in the 1895-present record. According to NCDC, the odds of this occurring randomly during any particular month are 1 in 531,441. Thus, we shouldn't expect to see another 12-month period so warm until 46,298 AD--assuming the climate is staying the same as during the past 118 years. "

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Also of note, Spring 2012 was the most extreme on record for US.

For Northern Hemisphere, April 2012 was warmest on record.

For the rest of the world, April 2012 was 5th warmest on record.
The Link

We are about to enter a period of El Nino, which causes global temps to rise.

If anyone at this point thinks global warming isn't happening, or that it's not a concern (regardless of cause), you need to examine your value system.

 

[gecko]

Sounds like the 1930s all over again.

 

[majorwhiteapples]

El NINO again!!!!! Get out the blender, time to make Margarita's!!!!!!

 

[Texoz]

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[mop]

so 2% of the surface of the world was unusually hot? wow! stop the presses!

Seems like this should only happen about once every 50 years! oh wait.

By the way, how do you know there is less ice in the Arctic now?

Arctic warming rapidly! (in 1939)

 

[Horn6721]

"By the way, how do you know there is less ice in the Arctic now? "
Al Gore said so

 

[mop]

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[mop]

by the way Texoz, Do you realize that the Russian boats mentioned in that article made it through "ice free water" to further than the 2007 Arctic melt would have even allowed?

Real Science graphs the point mentioned in the article

 

[gecko]

yup....1930s redux. But we're still here.....and prospering.

 

[msdw24]

Guess it's time to instill some new taxes in the name mother earth

 

[Hookem123]

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[NEWDOC2002]

Where do I buy those carbon credits? Are they on clearance at Big Al's AGW Emporium?

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

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[Bevo Incognito]

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[Sangre Naranjada]

I won't, unless some breakthrough in medicine allows people to live to be about 130. And I really don't think I'd want to do that anyway.

 

[Ag with kids]

This debate is so confusing. Sometimes localized climate events are irrelevant to global climate change...but, sometimes localized climate events are completely relevant to global climate change.

 

[Texoz]

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[mop]

Actually Texoz, it may have next to nothing to do with global warming, much less Anthropogenic Global Warming….

Anthony Watts reports, you decide. : )