While more than 15,000 warm temperatures records were broken in the United States in March, global temperatures were the coolest since 1999, according to NOAA climate statistics.
The warmth across the United States was widespread and intense, especially across the eastern two-thirds of the nation. Many states -- 25 to be exact -- recorded their warmest March in the 118 years of such records, and it was the warmest March on record for the contiguous United States.
It was also warmer than average across much of western Europe.
Globally, however, the story was much different, with widespread cooler-than-average temperatures in Alaska, Australia, eastern and western Russia, and parts of New Zealand balancing the intense heat across much of North America and parts of Europe to some extent, according to NOAA's global climate report for March.
The balancing of U.S. warmth by relatively cool weather globally in March is a trend that has continued throughout the first three months of 2012.
For the year to date, the average global land- and sea-surface temperature was 0.70 degrees F above the 20th century average, which is both the coolest since 1996 and the 21st warmest such period on record. Meanwhile, across the contiguous United States, the first three months were the warmest on record, with temperatures averaging 6.0 degrees above the 20th century average.
The exceptional warmth across the eastern United States provided the fuel for an early-month tornado outbreak that killed 40; the tornado outbreak was the first billion-dollar-plus weather disaster of 2012.
Ridiculous straw man. Nobody has said that except you.
What scientists are saying is that the rapid warming in the Arctic and resultant loss of sea ice may be affecting the jet stream. In and of itself, this is not "proof" of climate change. It is however, another piece of the bigger picture.
"The loss of Arctic summer sea ice and the rapid warming of the Far North are altering the jet stream over North America, Europe, and Russia. Scientists are now just beginning to understand how these profound shifts may be increasing the likelihood of more persistent and extreme weather."
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/linking_weird_weather_to_rapid_warming_of_the_arctic/2501/
Skip to 2:28 in the video for more explanation
http://www.yaleclimatemediaforum.org/2012/04/videos-probe-climate-changeextreme-weather-puzzles/
In any event, here are a few links to check out, for I am sure Al and the 'Overwhelming Consensus of Scientists' are in a tizzy about this.
Why even Nasa Scientists not sold.
Could these recent additions and all the others be far right whack jobs?
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#1 Scientists denounce NASA's 'Unproven Remarks' on Global Warming
# 250 Former Astronauts and Scientists Denounce NASA Stance on ...
#3 12 more glaciers that haven't heard the news about global warming
#4 Warming? Karakoram glaciers are expanding - Times Of India
#5Growing Glaciers
#6List of expanding glaciers
#7If global warming is real, why are the glaciers expanding
#8Largest Tide Water Glacier In N. America Greatly Expanding
#9Evidence of glaciers expanding in size - Environment - ...
Did you know that at least seven studies* show that Fox viewers are the most misinformed?
If you get your information from real science sources instead of from Fox, you'd know that the world's ice is undeniably melting. About 148 billion tons of annual land ice loss is from glaciers and ice caps outside of Greenland and Antarctica and 385 billion tons of annual land ice loss is from Greenland and Antarctica -- a total of more than 530 billion tons. The annual ice loss is now accelerating rapidly. (Jacob et al, 2012) The total global land ice mass lost during the study period (2003 - 2010) was about 4.3 trillion tons, adding roughly 0.5 inches to global sea level.
If you take this together with the loss of sea ice measured by satellites since 1979, there is only one reasonable conclusion: melting ice due to increased global temperatures.
Peter Hadfield produced a short video on how the Jacob et al paper was misrepresented in the denier press which is no doubt, where you got your information. Watch how the media managed to focus on the Himalayan glaciers while ignoring more than 99% of the rest of the world's ice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJSA0iZ_xeA
*http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2011/11/22/374434/fox-news-viewers-misinformed-study-jon-stewart/
For Your information for what it is worth of course. Dedicated to "Progressive" ideas supported by the George Soros Media Matters and Far left David Brock.
Editors are Judd Legum and Christy Harvey and writer David Sirota
This group is indeed a far left radical site created in 2003 as a left-leaning alternative to think tank
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and then there's this:
State of Himalayan glaciers less alarming than feared
April 19th, 2012 Scientists confirm that the shrinkage scenarios for Himalayan glaciers published in the last IPCC report were exaggerated.
http://phys.org/print254064558.html
Himalayan glaciers are a focus of public and scientific debate. Prevailing uncertainties are of major concern because some projections of their future have serious implications for water resources. Most Himalayan glaciers are losing mass at rates similar to glaciers elsewhere, except for emerging indications of stability or mass gain in the Karakoram.
Note the statement that overall the glaciers are losing mass, with only one possible exception. In fact, the article confirms that overall glaciers are shrinking. The only question is when, not if, this will threaten water supplies if the trend continues.
Blistering hot! :)
SkS once again comes to our aid:-
http://skepticalscience.com/global-surface-warming-since-1995.html
(http://bit.ly/HNIMLY), with March 2009 being the second coldest March since 1999. Interestingly enough, UAH data shows that March 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2009, and 2011were all colder than March 2012 (http://bit.ly/HTcGwY). Of course, coldest March since 2011 doesn't have much of a ring to it.
I'd like to see what his temperature anomalies map would show if he used an earlier baseline than 1971-2000 (like, say, 1880-1910 or 1950-1980) but that's an argument for another day.
http://tamino.wordpress.com/2012/04/05/decadal-trend-in-temperature/#more-4832
Unless it ca be used to promote climate change! Only the climate changers get to take a small sample and extrapolate it to some ridiculous and overreacting conclusion! How dare you try to do what we have done for years!