Real Climate Science

More than 300 months since the planets temperature was below average

By Associated Press, Published: June 28
WASHINGTON — The world’s climate is not only continuing to warm, it’s adding heat-trapping greenhouse gases even faster than in the past, researchers said Tuesday.

Indeed, the global temperature has been warmer than the 20th century average every month for more than 25 years, they said at a teleconference.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/

In seventh grade, students typically learn the equation of a line  y = a*x + b where a is the slope and b is the offset. They are independent numbers. You can’t solve for a knowing only b. a could be positive, negative or zero.

Are some climate scientists actually as dumb as they pretend to be?

Nature just won’t cooperate. Temperatures not rising. Sea Level not rising. Lake Powell rising. Coral reefs not dying. Record snow pack. No hurricanes for three years in the US. Tough times for those who desire to see the end of the world.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/07/uk-regions-given-drought-warning

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/17/uk-drought-wettest-week-rainfall

A polar wave of low temperatures hit Argentina today as the thermometers considerably descended in what is expected to be one of the coldest winters of the decade, announced the National Meteorological Service (SMN) last week.

Low temperatures might even bring some snow to the capital and suburban areas, a rare event as the one registered in 2007 when the snow took porteños by surprise after 89 years without the phenomenon.

This morning, according to the National Meteorological Service, 13 provinces registered below zero Celsius temperatures. The coldest one was registered at around 7 am at Villa Reynolds, San Luis province, where thermometers hit – 8.6 below zero.

http://www.buenosairesherald.com/

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This forest was heavily thinned after the 2000 fire.

http://books.google.com/

Obama has done the impossible – make Jimmy Carter look like a genius.

June 30, 2011 3:36 am
Taliban tightens psychological grip
By Matthew Green in Islamabad
A five-hour gun battle after suicide bombers attacked a Kabul hotel was a dramatic reminder of the reality confronting the US as it prepares to start leaving Afghanistan: far from fading, the insurgency is gaining strength.

http://www.ft.com/

After years of saying the exact opposite.

Each year, the globe has about 92 cyclones – called hurricanes in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific, typhoons in the western Pacific and tropical cyclones in the southern hemisphere. In 2010, we had just 68

http://www.guardian.co.uk
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h/t to Marc Morano

The monsoon season has started in eastern Arizona, and the burned areas are now prone to flooding – due to a loss of ground cover. Some places received close to two inches of rain today, with lots more in the forecast.

http://www.wunderground.com/