Real Climate Science

In order to hide America’s hot past, NASA has knocked 0.7ºC off 1934 temperatures relative to 1998. Graph shows their 1998 version in red, and current version in blue – normalized to 1998.

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http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/global-warming-and-energy/polluterwatch/koch-industries/ …

[correction – it was actually the Sierra Club who took the money]

“This is simply natural variability,” said National Snow and Ice Data Center director Mark Serreze, who wasn’t part of the NOAA report but praised it. “There is nothing about the year 2013 that provides any evidence that the Arctic is starting a path toward recovery.”

He added: “Looking back 20 years from now, the world will be warmer and we’ll have much less sea ice than today. We’ll see that 2013 was just a temporary respite.”

Sorry Climate Change Skeptics: Arctic Melting Trend Continues Despite Milder Year

 

Twitter / randycruse: @SteveSGoddard and if we could …

research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/data/UEMPMEAN.txt

h/t to Andy Oz

By Becky Bratu, Staff Writer, NBC News

Chemical weapons were used in the ongoing conflict in Syria in five out of seven attacks investigated by United Nations experts, a report published Thursday concluded. The weapons were used both against government soldiers and civilians — in one case on a large scale.

The report stated that victims included children in some attacks, at least four of which involved the deadly nerve agent sarin.

UN confirms chemical weapons were used in Syria, repeatedly – World News

Global warming confuses bats, makes fish stop screwing.

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