WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth’s record heat streak has hit a record 11 months.
According to NOAA climate scientist Jessica Blunden, the 11 heat records in a row smashes a streak of 10 set in 1944.
The records set in March keep on coming. March was 2.2 degrees warmer than the 20th-century average. That’s a record for most above average for any month, breaking the mark set only the month before.
The first three months of the year were 2.07 degrees warmer than normal and half a degree warmer than the previous record start, set last year.
Records go back to 1880.
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Rebound from the ice ageIt’s the sunCosmic raysNatural variationfaked data to hide the declineForty years ago, the consensus was for a new ice ageWe just had the biggest blizzard in 40 yearsThere has been no warming since 1998If there is warming, it doesn’t merit job-killing government action
Thanks! I have made a copy of that to put on my Facebook page. It sums up the denier’s response perfectly. Even the New York Times gave up and suggested that we needed nuclear rather than solar. Now we need to implement a reasonable plan. This would include conservation, wind and solar, electrical storage, nuclear when it is safe and a crash program of research to solve the problem. Everything should be on the table. The Republicans should join the movement. There is no more doubt.
The hypothesis is these will become longer and more frequent. Of course, that’s after this streak ends.
A few more “Strikethroughs” for you:
(I have actually heard seemingly intelligent people make the following arguments!)
I don’t know WHAT it will take to get the Deniers on board!
As your next Senator, I will continue the battle against the liberal tree-huggers and their job-killing junk climate science. These scientists, who claim that even god can’t cover the earth with water, are using a few unusually high tides to claim that ds are covering the earth with water. Now, I know you all know how crazy that sounds, but here’s the best part: they say the oceans are flooding the Earth because humans are burning too much energy. Does anyone here believe that the best way to make something wet is to set it on fire?
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