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The record closes on 2014. Was it the warmest year on record?

By / 9 Comments / 11 May 2019

Summary: Alarmists trumpeted that 2014 was the warmest on record, seldom mentioning how long the record, or how much warmer, or if all the datasets agree. It’s innumeracy, an ignorance (sometimes feigned) of mathematics and the scientific method. It’s sad, since they’re repeating long-failed attempts to arouse public fear of climate change by statements beyond …

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2014 will be the hottest year on record! Except for the details, which ruin that narrative.

By / 6 Comments / 11 May 2019

Summary: Let’s look at the most recent hot story about climate change. It shows why the public knows so little about it, despite the intense coverage — and why so many are suspicious about what they’re told. Activists and journalists often prefer the simple politically useful narrative to the messy reality.  This is the second …

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How much did the world warm in November? How fast is it warming? See the numbers.

By / 12 Comments / 11 May 2019

Summary: How warm was the world in November? How fast is it warming? See the numbers. They might surprise you. The world has been warming for 2 centuries. Seldom mentioned is how much it has warmed, which allows alarmists to more easily arouse fear (e.g., see Joe Romm’s latest; difficult to read graphs but no …

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Did NASA and NOAA dramatically alter US climate history to exaggerate global warming?

By / 21 Comments / 11 May 2019

Summary: A layman writing under the pseudonym of “Steve Goddard” accused the US government of fabricating temperature data. Sadly it quickly went viral. Fortunately in this case some conservatives are criticizing their own when they make outlandish statements, something rarely seen in US political debates — where truth is purely tribal. As we saw in …

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Learn what few know: how much did we warm in May? how much has the world warmed since 1979?

By / Leave a Comment / 11 May 2019

Summary: The world has been warming. Seldom mentioned is how much it has warmed, which allows alarmists to more easily sow fear. For the answer we turn to the NASA-funded global temperature data from satellites.  They show the warming since 1979 is small (so far; the future might be quite different). The truth is out …

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