Re: Warmest Winter on Record

Go Mavs wrote:
Maybe now the retards who deny Global Warming will recognize that just
because you had some really cold weeks,d oesnt mean that it's a colder
winter.




When you say "Global Warming", what are you talking about? And when you say "retards who deny Global Warming", are you referring to people who say that the earth isn't getting warmer despite the NOAA's report, or is there something else you're referring to?






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Winter Warmest on Record Worldwide
Thursday March 15, 2:23 pm ET
By Randolph E. Schmid, AP Science Writer


NOAA Report: El Nino, Global Warming Contribute to Warmest Winter on Record

WASHINGTON (AP) -- This winter was the warmest on record worldwide, the
government said Thursday in the latest worrisome report focusing on changing
climate.
The report comes just over a month after the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change said global warming is very likely caused by human actions
and is so severe it will continue for centuries.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the combined land
and ocean temperatures for December through February were 1.3 degrees
Fahrenheit above average for the period since record keeping began in 1880.

The report said that during the past century, global temperatures have
increased at about 0.11 degrees per decade. But that increase has been three
times larger since 1976, NOAA's National Climatic Data Center reported.

Most scientists attribute the rising temperatures to so-called greenhouse
gases which are produced by industrial activities, automobiles and other
processes. These gases build up in the atmosphere and trap heat from the sun
somewhat like a greenhouse.

Also contributing to this winter's record warmth was an El Nino, a periodic
warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean. It was particularly strong in
January -- the warmest January ever -- but the ocean surface has since begun
to cool.

The report noted that in the Northern Hemisphere the combined land and water
temperature was the warmest ever at 1.64 degrees above average. In the
Southern Hemisphere, where it was summer, the temperature was 0.88 degree
above average and the fourth warmest.

The late March date of the vernal equinox noted on most calendars
notwithstanding, for weather and climate purposes northern winter is
December, January and February.

For the United States, meanwhile, the winter temperature was near average.
The season got off to a late start and spring-like temperatures covered most
of the eastern half of the country in January, but cold conditions set in in
February, which was the third coldest on record.

For winter, statewide temperatures were warmer than average from Florida to
Maine and from Michigan to Montana while cooler-than-average temperatures
occurred in the southern Plains and areas of the Southwest.

For Alaska, both February and winter were warmer than average but far from
the record warmth of 2003 and 2001, respectively.

NCDC Climate Report:
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2007/feb/feb07.html





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