As 2015 rolls apparently to a new temperature record, beating 2014 – (the first six months are on pace) – more and more scientists have been offering clarity on the well-worn myth that climate warming is somehow slowing down.
This video is from 2013, but still very current, and just shows how well the scientists understand the process of planetary warming. Closest thing we have to a global “thermometer” is the satellite record of sea level rise.
If someone claims that the globe is not warming, ask them to explain this graph.
If they can show how sea levels can continue to rise in the absence of a warming planet, they will get a Nobel, and you should demand a share of the winnings for giving them the idea.
Here, James Hansen sets a BBC interviewer straight on the issue.
Below – I talked to my friend Josh about the same time, and he fleshed out the reasons why there is no pause – showing why the current jump in temps is no surprise to scientists who’ve been studying the matter, and citizens who’ve been paying attention.
Warming paws – that’s my line, you know:
https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/8464942080/h03226475/
https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/8464941056/hC936E4AF/
https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/8465329152/hAD0F8F57/
https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/8464946432/h7E0BA3AA/
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Best,
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There is a fraud here that should be pointed out because the public would understand it. If you pick a year with an extreme temperature rise, the following years will have a “regression to the mean”. The fact that there are other elements involved in this matrix can be discussed, but the public understands film flam better than complex systems.
The fraud involves picking a year with an extreme temperature rise. The following years will tend lower simply as a matter of statistics. The term “significance” is statistical. It doesn’t mean what folks like Ted Cruz thinks it means. The years following a temperature “spike” will then show a downward line. If all years are considered (as well as factors other than atmospheric temperature) a bigger picture emerges showing a clear upward trend.
The public is well aware of “lying with statistics” even if the science is hard for them to understand. A more aggressive approach is needed.
Any quote from the deniers at Nature Climate Chsnge? Or maybe archdenier K E Trenberth?
having interviewed Trenberth at least half a dozen times, I think he’d say there has been a slowdown in surface temp rise, but the ocean has continued to sequester heat, which we now see emerging in the current el nino event.