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Hansen’s Doctoral Dissertation : Aerosols Make Venus Hot

Aerosols cool Earth and heat Venus. Hot Venus: Hansen was not always a greenhouse cultivator. In 1965, he was casting about for a dissertation for his Ph.D. in physics at the University of Iowa. His mentor, James Van Allen (discoverer … Continue reading →

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Philadelphia July Temperatures : Two Degrees Cooler Than 1793 And 1838

Philadelphia has averaged 79F so far this month. http://www.wunderground.com/ The years 1793 1838 1791 1798 1822 1825 1828 and 1830 all had hotter July’s than 2011 so far. 1793 and 1838 both averaged 81F. http://books.google.com/books

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Heidi : “weather isn’t what it used to be”

Shock news : weather is warmer than during the ice age scare. The latest numbers, released earlier this month, show that the climate of the last 10 years was about 1.5 degrees warmer than the climate of the 1970s http://www.nytimes.com/

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Monbiot Laments Efforts To Keep The UK Economy From Collapsing

Rejoice, the boom is back! After a drought of investment, last week BP announced that it was spending £3bn to redevelop fields in the deep waters to the west of Shetland. The government was delighted: this shows, it says, that … Continue reading →

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British Press Hopes To Hold Murdoch To Their High Standards Of Information Gathering

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June 29, 1934 – 107 Degrees In DC

http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/062/mwr-062-06-0212.pdf

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August 1934 – Two Thirds Of The US Over 100 Degrees

  Oklahoma was over 100 degrees at least 36 days in a row. http://trove.nla.gov.au/

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July 1936, Heat Killed Thousands In The US

http://trove.nla.gov.au/

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July 22, 1930 : 103 Degrees In Washington DC

99-DEGREE HEAT IN CITY; 12 DEAD HERE, 50 IN NATION; COOLING RAIN IS DUE TODAY; 38 PROSTRATION CASES Temperature of 137 Is Recorded in Sun in Central Park. PARKS OPENED FOR SLEEP Walker Makes an Emergency Ruling–Orders Sprinklers for Tenement … Continue reading →

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Drudge Says It Is 116 In DC

According to Weather Underground, DC hasn’t gotten over 97 degrees this month. Also note that Washington and Oregon had their coldest June on record. http://www.wunderground.com/

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