NASA: Last decade warmest on record

[SivVulk]

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The first decade of the 21st century was the warmest on record and 2009 was the second-warmest year on record, U.S. scientists reported Thursday.

A report by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on global surface temperatures concluded 2009 was second only to 2005, which was the hottest year since modern temperature measurement was initiated in 1880, The New York Times reported. All other years ranking among the hottest are post-1998, NASA reported.

The NASA report indicated global temperatures were trending upward at about 0.36 degrees Fahrenheit each decade during the past three decades.

Average global temperatures have risen by about 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit since 1880, the Times said.

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2010/01/21/NASA-Last-decade-warmest-on-record/UPI-85981264124426/

[oki]

damit i thought one cold winter was going to make everything okay again. :(

[Pot Roast]

Oh no....

NOT ANOTHER GLOBAL WARMING THREAD:eek:

[SivVulk]

Oh no....

NOT ANOTHER GLOBAL WARMING THREAD:eek:

the new term is "Climate Change" get with the times will you? :|

[Pot Roast]

Dude, why'd they change the name?:shrug:

[SivVulk]

Dude, why'd they change the name?:shrug:

read my answer here:

http://www.discussanything.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125186

[86Dùde]

I don't care, I don't care, I don't care.

[perryhall]

does this mean that my 'maters will be bigger, mo red, mo juicer this summer and that bikinis and g-strings will get mo skimpier? :rofl:

[oki]

you want gstrings on your mates, lol?

[perryhall]

you want gstrings on your mates, lol?

homie don;t swing that way no matter how many tiimes you invite him to oki world

this is tomater aka 'mater

http://www.gulrot.net/DATA/BILDER/tomater.JPG

[oki]

oh okay you want gstrings on your tomatoes. :|

[perryhall]

try again

[oki]

on me? :|

[86Dùde]

Since we've only kept accurate records for 100 years or so means that it was only really warm 10% of the time.

[Davidxvx]

Since we've only kept accurate records for 100 years or so means that it was only really warm 10% of the time.

Facepalm of facepalms.

[86Dùde]

You liked that? LOL, I'm here to please.

[Davidxvx]

Do you know anything about temperature records?

[86Dùde]

Exceedingly little which is why I try to steer clear of most of these debates. However comma I would be more than happy to educate myself if I knew where to click. I don't really have a strong argument in my head for or against climate change. I'm sort of, on the fence you might say.

[cavemonk]

Yea, and Nasa is a trustworthy organization..sheesh, give me a break.

[Davidxvx]

You mean because they faked the moon landing or what?


Exceedingly little which is why I try to steer clear of most of these debates. However comma I would be more than happy to educate myself if I knew where to click. I don't really have a strong argument in my head for or against climate change. I'm sort of, on the fence you might say.

The basic point is that we can extrapolate temperature records back by looking at its effects. Many things in nature vary according to temperature. So, we can plot - for example, the width of tree rings, or of layers in ice cores, etc - against mean annual temperatures, and great quite accurate models of how they vary with temperature. Then, we can study older ice cores or tree rings or whatever, and deduce from them very good estimates of temperature.

We don't need to actually have men with thermometers out measuring temperatures to create a fairly accurate record of how warm the world has been.

[86Dùde]

You mean because they faked the moon landing or what?



The basic point is that we can extrapolate temperature records back by looking at its effects. Many things in nature vary according to temperature. So, we can plot - for example, the width of tree rings, or of layers in ice cores, etc - against mean annual temperatures, and great quite accurate models of how they vary with temperature. Then, we can study older ice cores or tree rings or whatever, and deduce from them very good estimates of temperature.

We don't need to actually have men with thermometers out measuring temperatures to create a fairly accurate record of how warm the world has been.

Yeah, I already knew all of that. I was being a smart ass!