(03-03-2016, 09:36 AM)Wonky3 Wrote:

(03-03-2016, 08:24 AM)Cuzz Wrote:

(03-03-2016, 04:50 AM)chuck white Wrote:

Quote:Earth's temperature soared to a record high last month, a whopping 1.5 degrees above average as measured by weather satellites.

That's a huge amount in climate science, where records are often broken by hundredths or tenths of degrees. The level makes February the most unusually warm month ever recorded, scientists from the University of Alabama at Huntsville (UAH) said.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2016/03/02/february-record-warm-month-satellite-data/81205154/

C or F?

Only five countries use Fahrenheit to measure climate temperatures and most of them do very little (if any) climate science. The U.S. should joint the rest of the world in using standard scientific terms and standards. We came close in the 70's to adopting the metric system of measurement and pulled back. Yes: Measured in Centigrade. 
Still...
Guess it doesn't take a rocket scientist to translate terms. But why do we bother doing it? 

And we move even closer to the absolute fact that our climate is changing and that "mankind" has a significant influence in that change. Time to remove this from "Political" debate and allow the science to guide our decisions. Note that the good state of Oregon is suggesting we use less coal to fire our power plants. Good news, and now the state(s) have some responsibility in finding ways to provide jobs and training for those displaced by these changes. 

(03-03-2016, 01:55 PM)chuck white Wrote:

(03-03-2016, 08:24 AM)Cuzz Wrote:

(03-03-2016, 04:50 AM)chuck white Wrote:

Quote:Earth's temperature soared to a record high last month, a whopping 1.5 degrees above average as measured by weather satellites.

That's a huge amount in climate science, where records are often broken by hundredths or tenths of degrees. The level makes February the most unusually warm month ever recorded, scientists from the University of Alabama at Huntsville (UAH) said.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2016/03/02/february-record-warm-month-satellite-data/81205154/

C or F?

Good question.
I looked into it and they report 0.83C which means the 1.5° is F.

(03-03-2016, 07:01 PM)Cuzz Wrote:

(03-03-2016, 01:55 PM)chuck white Wrote:

(03-03-2016, 08:24 AM)Cuzz Wrote:

(03-03-2016, 04:50 AM)chuck white Wrote:

Quote:Earth's temperature soared to a record high last month, a whopping 1.5 degrees above average as measured by weather satellites.

That's a huge amount in climate science, where records are often broken by hundredths or tenths of degrees. The level makes February the most unusually warm month ever recorded, scientists from the University of Alabama at Huntsville (UAH) said.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2016/03/02/february-record-warm-month-satellite-data/81205154/

C or F?

Good question.
I looked into it and they report 0.83C which means the 1.5° is F.

Thanks, 1.5F is worrying but 1.5C would have been really concerning. I was guessing it was C because it was a scientific measurement but it was being reported in USAToday so all bets were off.  

Quote:February marked the biggest atmospheric temperature spike observed, with the monthly reading running 1.5°F above normal, a new record. The measurement is taken by satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and other agencies around the world. The record extends back to 1979 and is managed by scientists at the University of Alabama, Huntsville.

Quote:All three airports in the Washington (DC) region have set new record highs on Thursday.

As high pressure spins off the Southeast coast, warm air is being funneled north into the Mid-Atlantic. From the Mid-Atlantic to New England, temperatures are running up to 35 degrees above normal in the nation’s most populous corridor.

Quote:Kannur and Kozhikode have seen an all-time record in the maximum temperature for the districts over the past few days.

Kannur breaks record
Kannur registered 39.1 degrees Celsius on Friday, breaking the all-time record of 39 degrees C registered on March 9.
The maximum temperature in Kannur was 38.8 degrees C on February 28, the highest since 2011 when the district experienced a high of 38.5 degrees C.

(03-12-2016, 06:06 PM)chuck white Wrote: Thanks for this one cletus1 ,

Quote:Kannur and Kozhikode have seen an all-time record in the maximum temperature for the districts over the past few days.

Kannur breaks record
Kannur registered 39.1 degrees Celsius on Friday, breaking the all-time record of 39 degrees C registered on March 9.
The maximum temperature in Kannur was 38.8 degrees C on February 28, the highest since 2011 when the district experienced a high of 38.5 degrees C.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/a-gruelling-summer-for-kerala/article8344504.ece

(03-03-2016, 07:01 PM)Cuzz Wrote:

(03-03-2016, 01:55 PM)chuck white Wrote:

(03-03-2016, 08:24 AM)Cuzz Wrote:

(03-03-2016, 04:50 AM)chuck white Wrote:

Quote:Earth's temperature soared to a record high last month, a whopping 1.5 degrees above average as measured by weather satellites.

That's a huge amount in climate science, where records are often broken by hundredths or tenths of degrees. The level makes February the most unusually warm month ever recorded, scientists from the University of Alabama at Huntsville (UAH) said.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2016/03/02/february-record-warm-month-satellite-data/81205154/

C or F?

Good question.
I looked into it and they report 0.83C which means the 1.5° is F.

Thanks, 1.5F is worrying but 1.5C would have been really concerning. I was guessing it was C because it was a scientific measurement but it was being reported in USAToday so all bets were off.  

(03-04-2016, 07:09 AM)chuck white Wrote:

(03-03-2016, 07:01 PM)Cuzz Wrote:

(03-03-2016, 01:55 PM)chuck white Wrote:

(03-03-2016, 08:24 AM)Cuzz Wrote:

(03-03-2016, 04:50 AM)chuck white Wrote: http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2016/03/02/february-record-warm-month-satellite-data/81205154/

C or F?

Good question.
I looked into it and they report 0.83C which means the 1.5° is F.

Thanks, 1.5F is worrying but 1.5C would have been really concerning. I was guessing it was C because it was a scientific measurement but it was being reported in USAToday so all bets were off.  

Quote:February marked the biggest atmospheric temperature spike observed, with the monthly reading running 1.5°F above normal, a new record. The measurement is taken by satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and other agencies around the world. The record extends back to 1979 and is managed by scientists at the University of Alabama, Huntsville.

(03-14-2016, 08:20 PM)chuck white Wrote: I'm one who took the statement, "watch the ice" to heart.

http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/daily_images/N_stddev_timeseries.png

I watch that site closely 

(03-15-2016, 07:59 PM)cletus1 Wrote:

(03-14-2016, 08:20 PM)chuck white Wrote: I'm one who took the statement, "watch the ice" to heart.

http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/daily_images/N_stddev_timeseries.png

I watch that site closely 

Good Morning Chuck. Yesterday I had a conversation with a older local man that speaks English well. He told me that in the past few years they have had more than a few days where the temperature reached 42 C. We occasionally have days like that in the Rogue Valley, but they never do here. 

There isn't the right/left politics about climate here. People just look at trends and it is getting hotter and everyone acknowledges that fact. It seems only in America are there people that think global warming, is not at least partially man made. Idiots!

(03-16-2016, 12:01 PM)tvguy Wrote:

(03-15-2016, 07:59 PM)cletus1 Wrote:

(03-14-2016, 08:20 PM)chuck white Wrote: I'm one who took the statement, "watch the ice" to heart.

http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/daily_images/N_stddev_timeseries.png

I watch that site closely 

Good Morning Chuck. Yesterday I had a conversation with a older local man that speaks English well. He told me that in the past few years they have had more than a few days where the temperature reached 42 C. We occasionally have days like that in the Rogue Valley, but they never do here. 

There isn't the right/left politics about climate here. People just look at trends and it is getting hotter and everyone acknowledges that fact. It seems only in America are there people that think global warming, is not at least partially man made. Idiots!

Only in America? So you have talked to people in every other country? Wow you really do get around LOL

(03-17-2016, 04:06 AM)cletus1 Wrote:

(03-16-2016, 12:01 PM)tvguy Wrote:

(03-15-2016, 07:59 PM)cletus1 Wrote:

(03-14-2016, 08:20 PM)chuck white Wrote: I'm one who took the statement, "watch the ice" to heart.

http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/daily_images/N_stddev_timeseries.png

I watch that site closely 

Good Morning Chuck. Yesterday I had a conversation with a older local man that speaks English well. He told me that in the past few years they have had more than a few days where the temperature reached 42 C. We occasionally have days like that in the Rogue Valley, but they never do here. 

There isn't the right/left politics about climate here. People just look at trends and it is getting hotter and everyone acknowledges that fact. It seems only in America are there people that think global warming, is not at least partially man made. Idiots!

Only in America? So you have talked to people in every other country? Wow you really do get around LOL

No, I have talked to everyone in every country. And I did not mean that there are not global warming deniers in other countries either. I have surmised that other countries don't have the right / left politics about the issue that Americans do. Go argue with someone on Facebook traitor. 

Quote:Current rate of carbon release is ten times higher than at any time in the past 66 million years

(03-17-2016, 01:55 PM)tvguy Wrote:

(03-17-2016, 04:06 AM)cletus1 Wrote:

(03-16-2016, 12:01 PM)tvguy Wrote:

(03-15-2016, 07:59 PM)cletus1 Wrote:

(03-14-2016, 08:20 PM)chuck white Wrote: I'm one who took the statement, "watch the ice" to heart.

http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/daily_images/N_stddev_timeseries.png

I watch that site closely 

Good Morning Chuck. Yesterday I had a conversation with a older local man that speaks English well. He told me that in the past few years they have had more than a few days where the temperature reached 42 C. We occasionally have days like that in the Rogue Valley, but they never do here. 

There isn't the right/left politics about climate here. People just look at trends and it is getting hotter and everyone acknowledges that fact. It seems only in America are there people that think global warming, is not at least partially man made. Idiots!

Only in America? So you have talked to people in every other country? Wow you really do get around LOL

No, I have talked to everyone in every country. And I did not mean that there are not global warming deniers in other countries either. I have surmised that other countries don't have the right / left politics about the issue that Americans do. Go argue with someone on Facebook traitor. 

It's incredible to me that whether or not people believe global warming is happening or if it's human caused is based on whether or not they are a dem or DOP, conservative or liberal.

Or weather or not you want a national monument or not. Or if you have faith in the EPA or not.

OR weather you side with the Bundy's OR weather you think Kate Browns new phase out of coal is good or bad. It goes on and on.

(03-17-2016, 01:55 PM)tvguy Wrote:

(03-17-2016, 04:06 AM)cletus1 Wrote:

(03-16-2016, 12:01 PM)tvguy Wrote:

(03-15-2016, 07:59 PM)cletus1 Wrote:

(03-14-2016, 08:20 PM)chuck white Wrote: I'm one who took the statement, "watch the ice" to heart.

http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/daily_images/N_stddev_timeseries.png

I watch that site closely 

Good Morning Chuck. Yesterday I had a conversation with a older local man that speaks English well. He told me that in the past few years they have had more than a few days where the temperature reached 42 C. We occasionally have days like that in the Rogue Valley, but they never do here. 

There isn't the right/left politics about climate here. People just look at trends and it is getting hotter and everyone acknowledges that fact. It seems only in America are there people that think global warming, is not at least partially man made. Idiots!

Only in America? So you have talked to people in every other country? Wow you really do get around LOL

No, I have talked to everyone in every country. And I did not mean that there are not global warming deniers in other countries either. I have surmised that other countries don't have the right / left politics about the issue that Americans do. Go argue with someone on Facebook traitor. 

It's incredible to me that whether or not people believe global warming is happening or if it's human caused is based on whether or not they are a dem or DOP, conservative or liberal.

Or weather or not you want a national monument or not. Or if you have faith in the EPA or not.

OR weather you side with the Bundy's OR weather you think Kate Browns new phase out of coal is good or bad. It goes on and on.

(03-26-2016, 08:20 AM)Wonky3 Wrote:

(03-17-2016, 01:55 PM)tvguy Wrote:

(03-17-2016, 04:06 AM)cletus1 Wrote:

(03-16-2016, 12:01 PM)tvguy Wrote:

(03-15-2016, 07:59 PM)cletus1 Wrote: Good Morning Chuck. Yesterday I had a conversation with a older local man that speaks English well. He told me that in the past few years they have had more than a few days where the temperature reached 42 C. We occasionally have days like that in the Rogue Valley, but they never do here. 

There isn't the right/left politics about climate here. People just look at trends and it is getting hotter and everyone acknowledges that fact. It seems only in America are there people that think global warming, is not at least partially man made. Idiots!

Only in America? So you have talked to people in every other country? Wow you really do get around LOL

No, I have talked to everyone in every country. And I did not mean that there are not global warming deniers in other countries either. I have surmised that other countries don't have the right / left politics about the issue that Americans do. Go argue with someone on Facebook traitor. 

It's incredible to me that whether or not people believe global warming is happening or if it's human caused is based on whether or not they are a dem or DOP, conservative or liberal.

Or weather or not you want a national monument or not. Or if you have faith in the EPA or not.

OR weather you side with the Bundy's OR weather you think Kate Browns new phase out of coal is good or bad. It goes on and on.

It has been said that "ignorance is bliss". I wonder. 
Reasonable people can disagree. It's important that we have a society of reasonable people. 
Donald Trump (and to a lesser degree Ted Cruz) are the "Canaries in the coal mine" of our national awarness that our society has far too many people who can't be seen as reasonable. 
The science is near complete: The climate is changing and mankind has contributed to the amount of cardbon dioxide that is almost certianly warming the planet. 
TVG's comments above that this is above and beyond politcs is true, yet it seems the most unreasonable and uniformed opinons come from one group on our political spectrum. 
But talk is cheap. We are nearing that time when we will choose our next national leaders. Let's do all we can to see that who ever it is, it's a reasonalbe person who respects science and will respond to the danges we face and not to the corporate interests who value profit above all else. 

(03-26-2016, 08:20 AM)Wonky3 Wrote:

(03-17-2016, 01:55 PM)tvguy Wrote:

(03-17-2016, 04:06 AM)cletus1 Wrote:

(03-16-2016, 12:01 PM)tvguy Wrote:

(03-15-2016, 07:59 PM)cletus1 Wrote: Good Morning Chuck. Yesterday I had a conversation with a older local man that speaks English well. He told me that in the past few years they have had more than a few days where the temperature reached 42 C. We occasionally have days like that in the Rogue Valley, but they never do here. 

There isn't the right/left politics about climate here. People just look at trends and it is getting hotter and everyone acknowledges that fact. It seems only in America are there people that think global warming, is not at least partially man made. Idiots!

Only in America? So you have talked to people in every other country? Wow you really do get around LOL

No, I have talked to everyone in every country. And I did not mean that there are not global warming deniers in other countries either. I have surmised that other countries don't have the right / left politics about the issue that Americans do. Go argue with someone on Facebook traitor. 

It's incredible to me that whether or not people believe global warming is happening or if it's human caused is based on whether or not they are a dem or DOP, conservative or liberal.

Or weather or not you want a national monument or not. Or if you have faith in the EPA or not.

OR weather you side with the Bundy's OR weather you think Kate Browns new phase out of coal is good or bad. It goes on and on.

It has been said that "ignorance is bliss". I wonder. 
Reasonable people can disagree. It's important that we have a society of reasonable people. 
Donald Trump (and to a lesser degree Ted Cruz) are the "Canaries in the coal mine" of our national awarness that our society has far too many people who can't be seen as reasonable. 
The science is near complete: The climate is changing and mankind has contributed to the amount of cardbon dioxide that is almost certianly warming the planet. 
TVG's comments above that this is above and beyond politcs is true, yet it seems the most unreasonable and uniformed opinons come from one group on our political spectrum. 
But talk is cheap. We are nearing that time when we will choose our next national leaders. Let's do all we can to see that who ever it is, it's a reasonalbe person who respects science and will respond to the danges we face and not to the corporate interests who value profit above all else.