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Thursday 07/29/10
Hottest Decade On Record

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) annual "State Of The Climate" report is out, and its basic finding is that the heat continues. Here's an excerpt from the NOAA news release about the report:

Seven indicators are rising: air temperature over land, sea-surface temperature, air temperature over oceans, sea level, ocean heat, humidity and tropospheric temperature in the “active-weather” layer of the atmosphere closest to the Earth’s surface. Three indicators are declining: Arctic sea ice, glaciers and spring snow cover in the Northern hemisphere.

“For the first time, and in a single compelling comparison, the analysis brings together multiple observational records from the top of the atmosphere to the depths of the ocean,” said Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator. “The records come from many institutions worldwide. They use data collected from diverse sources, including satellites, weather balloons, weather stations, ships, buoys and field surveys. These independently produced lines of evidence all point to the same conclusion: our planet is warming,”

The full report, including highlight graphics, is at the link below.

http://dld.bz/…

Bryce

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Posted at 8:15AM CDT 07/29/10 by Bryce Anderson
Comments (12)
Let the Climate battle begin....
Posted by Aaron R. Ritchie at 9:05AM CDT 07/29/10
The facts are sad, the climate deniers are weird.
Posted by Jay Mcginnis at 8:33PM CDT 07/29/10
Jay, facts are facts. Sad are those that try to use them for personal or political gain. I believe the debate is more on why, not if. Read this. http://cdapress.com/columns/cliff_harris/article_ed7e8add-56fa-5f6c-8a7a-c8d9839f0ba7.html
Posted by Mark KIngma at 6:29AM CDT 07/30/10
The following link is to a short, informative definition of how carbon dioxide influences the warming mechanism of the atmosphere. http://www.pa.msu.edu/sciencet/ask_st/083194.html
Posted by Bryce Anderson at 7:21AM CDT 07/30/10
here is the pertinent description from that link that I just posted: "Most of the light energy from the sun is emitted in wavelengths shorter than 4,000 nanometers (.000004 meters). The heat energy released from the earth, however, is released in wavelengths longer than 4,000 nanometers. Carbon dioxide doesn't absorb the energy from the sun, but it does absorb some of the heat energy released from the earth. When a molecule of carbon dioxide absorbs heat energy, it goes into an excited unstable state. It can become stable again by releasing the energy it absorbed. Some of the released energy will go back to the earth and some will go out into space. So in effect, carbon dioxide lets the light energy in, but doesn't let all of the heat energy out, similar to a greenhouse." That's about as concise as you can get in describing the influence that carbon dioxide has on the atmosphere. BA
Posted by Bryce Anderson at 7:30AM CDT 07/30/10
Once again the soothsayers of Gore. We, in the west, are experiencing the coolest summer on record. And the nation experienced one of the coldest winters on record. All the highly intricate studies and tests from these and so called scientists, (where are they coming from, their fabricated statistics were denounced last year.) They are also allowing fat Gore to make a few hundred million from his energy company. On a cruise to Alaska, we had an opportunity to have a biologist \ environmentalist on board who pointed out the diminishing glaciers and then pointed out the growing glaciers also. The balance of life. And when all is said and done, the earth like big, wet dog tired of his flees, just gives a big shake and we are history. She then moves on to the next life cycle for her.
Posted by steven ehlers at 11:33AM CDT 07/30/10
Winter 2009-2010 was actually not that cold in terms of its ranking to the 30-year normals. There is a good review of the winter at this link: http://www2.ucar.edu/magazine/currents/wet-cool-and-wild-winter-2009-2010
Posted by Bryce Anderson at 1:38PM CDT 07/30/10
From the NOAA report. "The report emphasizes that human society has developed for thousands of years under one climatic state, and now a new set of climatic conditions are taking shape. These conditions are consistently warmer," Makes me wonder why the receding glaciers, in Greenland, are uncovering 800 year old farms.
Posted by Mark KIngma at 6:11AM CDT 07/31/10
I've been looking online for the USDA average yields for 1970 compare to 2009 or even those decades and also the world population numbers for the same period. Maybe population growth is also due to global warming. But, it's raining again and I have to go shut off an irrigater. Could it be that global warming is Gods way to help us feed the world. Just a thought.
Posted by Mark KIngma at 6:36AM CDT 07/31/10
"Could it be that global warming is Gods way to help us feed the world. Just a thought." If this is true Mark then what is God's intention with the oil spill???? Human beings are drowning in their own greed, only those that profit the most are suffering the least. Climate change like oil spills know no boundries, both are a result of our ignorance and greed in using fossil fuel. In the history of human kind petroleum is an experiment, a blip in time but one that has made us able to support far more people then ever. Like all other animals once the abundance is consumed population will decrease to pre abundant levels.
Posted by Jay Mcginnis at 2:09PM CDT 08/02/10
The oil spill is a great example of the sheer power of nature and our inability to understand the complexity of it. Maybe that was Gods way of show us the futility of our actions Millions of gallons where released into the ocean and the well was just capped a few weeks ago. and already they are having difficulty finding the oil to clean it up. The microbes in the ocean have "eaten" the oil and fisheries are opening back up, and new sprouts of marsh grass are coming through the marshes that where deluged with the crude. Nature, and the planet has a way of taking care of these things that happen. We are but specks of dust compared and it is the height of vanity to think otherwise. Does densely populated modern lifestyle even cover 5% of the planet. Most of the earth is wilderness, or vast oceans. How can my pickup truck exhaust even affect the concentration of CO2 on 1 cubic mile of air. How many tons of CO2 do you emit by breathing? How about all the greenies show us how committed you really are and hold your breath.
Posted by Craig Knapp at 5:58PM CDT 08/02/10
Major contributors by a sizeable margin to additional CO2 are coal-fired power plants.
Posted by Bryce Anderson at 5:16AM CDT 08/09/10
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