Obama realizes that old conservatives are a lost cause so might as well focus on the next generation and educate them properly on global warming.
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Perhaps unable to convince older Americans of the severity of global warming, President Barack Obama is hoping to have better luck with the next generation by turning to the classroom.
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on Wednesday announced it will launch a new initiative aimed at climate education and literacy that will distribute science-based information – in line with the administration's position on the issue – to students, teachers and the broader public.
Educators, government officials, philanthropic leaders and those from the private sector will participate in a roundtable discussion at the White House Wednesday. The participants will focus on how to spread more resources to teachers and increase professional development and training related to climate change for educators, federal employees and informal educators, such as those working in national parks, museums, aquariums or botanic gardens.
"If you believe, like I do, that something has to be done on this, then you're going to have to speak out," Obama said in June at the University of California–Irvine commencement ceremony. "You've got to educate your classmates, and colleagues, and family members and fellow citizens, and tell them what's at stake."
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles...to-launch-global-warming-education-initiative
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Perhaps unable to convince older Americans of the severity of global warming, President Barack Obama is hoping to have better luck with the next generation by turning to the classroom.
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on Wednesday announced it will launch a new initiative aimed at climate education and literacy that will distribute science-based information – in line with the administration's position on the issue – to students, teachers and the broader public.
Educators, government officials, philanthropic leaders and those from the private sector will participate in a roundtable discussion at the White House Wednesday. The participants will focus on how to spread more resources to teachers and increase professional development and training related to climate change for educators, federal employees and informal educators, such as those working in national parks, museums, aquariums or botanic gardens.
"If you believe, like I do, that something has to be done on this, then you're going to have to speak out," Obama said in June at the University of California–Irvine commencement ceremony. "You've got to educate your classmates, and colleagues, and family members and fellow citizens, and tell them what's at stake."
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles...to-launch-global-warming-education-initiative
I don't know what Rand believes, but the safe play for him (or any conservative) would be to admit that he's not a scientist, but that he's against alarmism used as a political excuse, to implement fear based socialistic regulations, and that embracing the free market, through new technologies and science is the way to tackle the problems we face.
[h=1]Why has the year 2014 been so hot?[/h]This year seems to be on track to be the hottest globally and in the UK. But what does this mean and what are the wider implications?
Where do the figures come from?For the UK, the Met Office operates weather stations around the country and collects time-series data that show variations in the temperature over months, seasons and years.
For the UK, the mean temperature from 1 January to 25 November is 1.6°C above the long-term average.
That means 2014 is currently the warmest in the Met Office UK series dating back to 1910.
This year is also set to be one of the warmest on record in the Central England Temperature (CET) series, which goes back to 1659 and is the longest instrumental temperature series in the world.
Where do the figures come from?For the UK, the Met Office operates weather stations around the country and collects time-series data that show variations in the temperature over months, seasons and years.
For the UK, the mean temperature from 1 January to 25 November is 1.6°C above the long-term average.
That means 2014 is currently the warmest in the Met Office UK series dating back to 1910.
This year is also set to be one of the warmest on record in the Central England Temperature (CET) series, which goes back to 1659 and is the longest instrumental temperature series in the world.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) also says 2014 is on track to be the warmest globally.
According to the body, this is largely due to record high global sea surface temperatures.
The WMO is the UN's authoritative voice on global weather and climate.
Both the Met Office and the UN organisation say that the observed temperatures are consistent with what would be expected from human-induced climate change.
According to the body, this is largely due to record high global sea surface temperatures.
The WMO is the UN's authoritative voice on global weather and climate.
Both the Met Office and the UN organisation say that the observed temperatures are consistent with what would be expected from human-induced climate change.
What data is used to analyse global temperatures?The WMO's analysis is based on three complementary datasets. One is maintained by the UK Met Office's Hadley Centre and the University of East Anglia (UEA) which is known as HadCrut4.
The second is overseen by the US space agency Nasa and is known as the Nasa GISS dataset.
The third is maintained by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa).
Overall, they show a very similar story, but there are differences between them - mainly to do with the way that each group treats gaps in the data.
The second is overseen by the US space agency Nasa and is known as the Nasa GISS dataset.
The third is maintained by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa).
Overall, they show a very similar story, but there are differences between them - mainly to do with the way that each group treats gaps in the data.
What else can affect variation in global temperatures?Record warm years in the global temperature record are frequently associated with the temporary warming influence of the climate system known as El Nino.
El Nino occurs when warmer than average sea surface temperatures in the eastern tropical Pacific combine, in a self-reinforcing loop, with atmospheric pressure systems. This can affect global weather patterns.
Continue reading the main storyINTERACTIVE
Strong El Nino
Weaker El Nino
Philippines volcano
El Nino effect
Cooler years
But the high global temperatures in 2014 occurred in the absence of a full El Nino. During the year, sea surface temperatures rose nearly to El Nino thresholds but this wasn't accompanied by an atmospheric response.
Scientists think the persistence of above average temperatures in the tropical west Pacific Ocean stifled the atmospheric response that is necessary for an El Nino to mature.
El Nino occurs when warmer than average sea surface temperatures in the eastern tropical Pacific combine, in a self-reinforcing loop, with atmospheric pressure systems. This can affect global weather patterns.
Continue reading the main storyINTERACTIVE
Weaker El Nino
Philippines volcano
El Nino effect
Cooler years
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- [h=2]1878: Strong El Nino[/h]×[h=3][/h]In 1878, there was a strong El Nino (where warmer water rises to the surface of the Eastern Pacific Ocean) and this is seen very clearly as a large spike in global temperature. This event was remarkable for an extreme drought in India where it is an estimated more than five million people died. There were droughts in nothern China also associated with this El Nino. The famine caused by the drought in India spurred scientists to begin work on climate patterns, leading eventually to discovery of the El Nino-related “Southern Oscillation” - the idea that the ocean and atmosphere are connected.
- [h=2]1940s: Weaker El Nino[/h]×[h=3][/h]The warm early 1940s were affected by a weaker, but protracted, El Nino.
- [h=2]1991: Mt Pinatubo eruption[/h]×[h=3][/h]In June 1991 Mt Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted, releasing millions of tons of sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere. This resulted in a decrease in the temperature worldwide.
- [h=2]1998: Record-breaking year[/h]×[h=3][/h]For a long time. the strong El Nino around 1997/98 meant that 1998 topped the rankings for the world’s warmest year. This has since been overtaken.
- [h=2]1960/70s: Cooler years[/h]×[h=3][/h]The cool 1960s and 1970s are likely to have resulted at least partly from man-made air pollution from sulphate particles. Steps taken towards cleaner air resulted in warming.
But the high global temperatures in 2014 occurred in the absence of a full El Nino. During the year, sea surface temperatures rose nearly to El Nino thresholds but this wasn't accompanied by an atmospheric response.
Scientists think the persistence of above average temperatures in the tropical west Pacific Ocean stifled the atmospheric response that is necessary for an El Nino to mature.
I thought there was a pause in global warming?Global mean surface temperatures rose rapidly from the 1970s, but were relatively flat over the 15 years prior to 2013.
Many studies have reinforced a link between uptake of heat by the oceans and the "pause".
The high surface temperatures of the Pacific and other parts of the world's oceans might suggest that the pause is coming to an end, but there is no evidence yet to support this.
Climate scientists need more than one warm year to discern underlying trends.
Many studies have reinforced a link between uptake of heat by the oceans and the "pause".
The high surface temperatures of the Pacific and other parts of the world's oceans might suggest that the pause is coming to an end, but there is no evidence yet to support this.
Climate scientists need more than one warm year to discern underlying trends.
A year of extremes
The frequency and severity of wildfires is expected to increase as temperatures rise
The WMO report highlights a number of record-breaking weather events around the world:
The WMO report highlights a number of record-breaking weather events around the world:
- The UK's last winter in which 12 major Atlantic storms battered the country bringing nearly double the usual rainfall.
- In September, parts of the Balkans received more than double the monthly rainfall and parts of Turkey were hit by four times the average.
- The town of Guelmin in Morocco was swamped by more than a year's rain in just four days.
- Western Japan saw the heaviest August rain since records began.
- Parts of the western United States endured persistent drought (as we reported from Oklahoma last June, as did parts of China and Central and South America.
- Tropical storms, on the other hand, totalled 72 which is less than the average of 89 judged by 1981-2010 figures. The North Atlantic, western North Pacific and northern Indian Ocean were among regions seeing slightly below-average cyclone activity.
They are really putting me in a difficult position here. They have so much evidence and facts and data. But festeringZit, beefdiesel, scottcarter, Sheriff Joe all are such credible individuals. They don't really understand rudimentary math, but their opinions are held dearly to me. So this is going to be very difficult. Give me couple days to ponder this and decide on who I want to believe.
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LONDON—It’s official, even though it won’t be conclusive for a few months yet: if present trends continue, 2014 will be one of the hottest years on record—and quite possibly the hottest of them all.
Preliminary estimates by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)—published to provide information to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change annual round of negotiations, currently being held in Lima, Peru ? show this year is set to be a record breaker largely because of record high global sea surface temperatures.
These, combined with other factors, helped to cause exceptionally heavy rainfall and floods in many countries and extreme drought in others.
Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the Convention, said: “Our climate is changing, and every year the risks of extreme weather events and impacts on humanity rise.” [h=3]Above normal[/h] It is the warming of the oceans—which the WMO says “will very likely remain above normal until the end of the year”—that is chiefly perplexing the scientists.
The WMO’s provisional statement—to be finalised in March next year—on the Status of the Global Climate in 2014 shows that the global average air temperature over the land and sea surface from January to October was about 0.57°C above the average of 14°C for the 1961-1990 reference period, and 0.09°C above the average for 2004 to 2013.
If November and December follow the same trend, the WMO says, then 2014 will probably be the hottest on record, ahead of 2010, 2005 and 1998. This confirms the underlying long-term warming trend.
“The provisional information for 2014 means that 14 of the 15 warmest years on record have all occurred in the 21st century,” said the WMO secretary-general, Michel Jarraud. “There is no standstill in global warming.
“Record-high greenhouse gas emissions and associated atmospheric concentrations are committing the planet to a much more uncertain and inhospitable future.”
[h=3]Weather patterns[/h] The high January to October temperatures occurred in the absence of a full El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). An ENSO occurs when warmer than average sea-surface temperatures in the eastern tropical Pacific combine, in a self-reinforcing loop, with atmospheric pressure systems, affecting weather patterns globally.
Among the remarkable features of 2014’s first 10 months are land surface temperatures. The WMO says they averaged about 0.86°C above the 1961-1990 average, the fourth or fifth warmest for the same period on record.
Global sea-surface temperatures were unequivocally the highest on record, at about 0.45°C above the 1961-1990 average. Temperatures were particularly high in the northern hemisphere from June to October for reasons, the WMO notes, that “are subject to intense scientific investigation”.
The ocean heat content for January to June was estimated to depths of 700m and 2000m, and both were the highest recorded. Around 93% of the excess energy trapped in the atmosphere by greenhouse gases from fossil fuels and other human activities ends up in the oceans, so the heat they contain is essential to understanding the climate system.
The early part of 2014 saw global-average measured sea level reach a record high for the time of year. Arctic sea-ice extent was the sixth lowest on record, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Centre, in the US, but Antarctic daily sea ice reached a new record for the third consecutive year.
Some impressively anomalous rainfall and floods made 2014 a year to forget as fast as possible. The UK winter was the wettest on record, with 177% of the long-term average precipitation. In May, devastating floods in south-east Europe affected more than two million people, and in Russia, in late May and early June, more than twice the monthly average precipitation fell in parts of southern Siberia.
In September, southern parts of the Balkan peninsula received over 250% of the monthly average rainfall, while parts of Turkey had more than 500%. Heavy rains caused severe flooding in northern Bangladesh, northern Pakistan and India, affecting millions of people.
[h=3]Searing drought[/h] In contrast, parts of north-east China, large areas of the western US, Australia, and Brazil experienced searing drought.
But the incidence of tropical storms and cyclones recorded was lower than the 1981-2010 average in much of the world.
The WMO Global Atmosphere Watch Programme shows that atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O) reached new highs in 2013 ? the most recent data processed to date.
Globally-averaged atmospheric levels of CO2 reached 396.0 parts per million (ppm), approximately 142% of the pre-industrial average. The increase from 2012 to 2013 was 2.9 ppm, the largest year to year increase.
Atmospheric CH4 concentrations reached a new high of 1,824 parts per billion (ppb) in 2013, about 253% of the pre-industrial level, and concentrations of N2O reached 325.9 ± 0.1 ppb, a rise of 121%.
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/ocean_heat_drives_surge_to_global_warming_record_20141204
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LONDON—It’s official, even though it won’t be conclusive for a few months yet: if present trends continue, 2014 will be one of the hottest years on record—and quite possibly the hottest of them all.
Preliminary estimates by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)—published to provide information to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change annual round of negotiations, currently being held in Lima, Peru ? show this year is set to be a record breaker largely because of record high global sea surface temperatures.
These, combined with other factors, helped to cause exceptionally heavy rainfall and floods in many countries and extreme drought in others.
Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the Convention, said: “Our climate is changing, and every year the risks of extreme weather events and impacts on humanity rise.” [h=3]Above normal[/h] It is the warming of the oceans—which the WMO says “will very likely remain above normal until the end of the year”—that is chiefly perplexing the scientists.
The WMO’s provisional statement—to be finalised in March next year—on the Status of the Global Climate in 2014 shows that the global average air temperature over the land and sea surface from January to October was about 0.57°C above the average of 14°C for the 1961-1990 reference period, and 0.09°C above the average for 2004 to 2013.
If November and December follow the same trend, the WMO says, then 2014 will probably be the hottest on record, ahead of 2010, 2005 and 1998. This confirms the underlying long-term warming trend.
“The provisional information for 2014 means that 14 of the 15 warmest years on record have all occurred in the 21st century,” said the WMO secretary-general, Michel Jarraud. “There is no standstill in global warming.
[h=3]“Record-breaking heat, combined with torrential rainfall and floods, destroyed livelihoods
and ruined lives”[/h]
“What we saw in 2014 is consistent with what we expect from a changing climate. Record-breaking heat, combined with torrential rainfall and floods, destroyed livelihoods and ruined lives. What is particularly unusual and alarming this year are the high temperatures of vast areas of the ocean surface, including in the northern hemisphere.and ruined lives”[/h]
“Record-high greenhouse gas emissions and associated atmospheric concentrations are committing the planet to a much more uncertain and inhospitable future.”
[h=3]Weather patterns[/h] The high January to October temperatures occurred in the absence of a full El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). An ENSO occurs when warmer than average sea-surface temperatures in the eastern tropical Pacific combine, in a self-reinforcing loop, with atmospheric pressure systems, affecting weather patterns globally.
Among the remarkable features of 2014’s first 10 months are land surface temperatures. The WMO says they averaged about 0.86°C above the 1961-1990 average, the fourth or fifth warmest for the same period on record.
Global sea-surface temperatures were unequivocally the highest on record, at about 0.45°C above the 1961-1990 average. Temperatures were particularly high in the northern hemisphere from June to October for reasons, the WMO notes, that “are subject to intense scientific investigation”.
The ocean heat content for January to June was estimated to depths of 700m and 2000m, and both were the highest recorded. Around 93% of the excess energy trapped in the atmosphere by greenhouse gases from fossil fuels and other human activities ends up in the oceans, so the heat they contain is essential to understanding the climate system.
The early part of 2014 saw global-average measured sea level reach a record high for the time of year. Arctic sea-ice extent was the sixth lowest on record, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Centre, in the US, but Antarctic daily sea ice reached a new record for the third consecutive year.
Some impressively anomalous rainfall and floods made 2014 a year to forget as fast as possible. The UK winter was the wettest on record, with 177% of the long-term average precipitation. In May, devastating floods in south-east Europe affected more than two million people, and in Russia, in late May and early June, more than twice the monthly average precipitation fell in parts of southern Siberia.
In September, southern parts of the Balkan peninsula received over 250% of the monthly average rainfall, while parts of Turkey had more than 500%. Heavy rains caused severe flooding in northern Bangladesh, northern Pakistan and India, affecting millions of people.
[h=3]Searing drought[/h] In contrast, parts of north-east China, large areas of the western US, Australia, and Brazil experienced searing drought.
But the incidence of tropical storms and cyclones recorded was lower than the 1981-2010 average in much of the world.
The WMO Global Atmosphere Watch Programme shows that atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O) reached new highs in 2013 ? the most recent data processed to date.
Globally-averaged atmospheric levels of CO2 reached 396.0 parts per million (ppm), approximately 142% of the pre-industrial average. The increase from 2012 to 2013 was 2.9 ppm, the largest year to year increase.
Atmospheric CH4 concentrations reached a new high of 1,824 parts per billion (ppb) in 2013, about 253% of the pre-industrial level, and concentrations of N2O reached 325.9 ± 0.1 ppb, a rise of 121%.
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/ocean_heat_drives_surge_to_global_warming_record_20141204
"Obama's handling of the recession and Abenomics were the epitome of perfection" -- aaaktard
The facts, evidence and data are always against this manic clown...ALWAYS.
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The facts, evidence and data are always against this manic clown...ALWAYS.
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Lol, Sheriff Joe posting random graphs that he doesn't even understand! Classic conservative science!!
LONDON—It’s official, even though it won’t be conclusive for a few months yet: if present trends continue, 2014 will be one of the hottest years on record—and quite possibly the hottest of them all.
LONDON—It’s official, even though it won’t be conclusive for a few months yet: if present trends continue, 2014 will be one of the hottest years on record—and quite possibly the hottest of them all.
Warmest on record....relative to when? The last 50 years on a planet 4 billion years old? :Carcajada:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...
aaaktard logic:
HAHAHAHAHAHA...."smart people like me!"
You sound very educated, lol.
"Obama's handling of the recession and Abenomics were the epitome of perfection" -- aaaktard
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...
aaaktard logic:
HAHAHAHAHAHA...."smart people like me!"
You sound very educated, lol.
"Obama's handling of the recession and Abenomics were the epitome of perfection" -- aaaktard
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
