The latest NOAA global temperature data is up. According to the National Climatic Data Center, "The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for November 2009 was 0.60°C (1.08°F) above the 20th century average of 12.9°C (55.2°F). This is the fourth warmest such value on record."
So much for global cooling.
But besides confirming the continuing march of global warming, I think the data helps explains Sarah Palin's confused op-ed in the Washington Post last week, in which she used her years of scientific training to eviscerate the science of global warming. Check it out:
Also note, this is the first post-Climategate NOAA data, so with all the scrutiny, presumably any "fraud" would have had to have been corrected. Surprise: it still shows warming.
UPDATE: Apparently NASA uses a different dataset, and its data shows this November to be the WARMEST November on record.
UPDATE: Apparently NASA uses a different dataset, and its data shows this November to be the WARMEST November on record.
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"Surprise: it still shows arming."
ReplyDeleteIs this the "arming" Sarah Palin can see from her house too? That's a worrying geopolitical development. ;-)
Thanks for pointing out the typo, Andrew. Corrected now.
ReplyDeletemaybe a freudian slip on my part? :)