NOAA’s Claim That 2015 2nd Hottest On Record In U.S. Is Based On ‘Compromised’ Thermometers
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) declared 2015 is the second hottest year on record for the contiguous U.S., with the average annual temperature 2.4 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th century average.
NOAA says the U.S. averaged 54.4 degrees Fahrenheit for the year, coming in behind 2012 in terms of record-high temperatures. 2012 averaged 55.3 degrees Fahrenheit. Liberal news outlets and politicos are using it as evidence human activities are heating the planet.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2016/01/07/noaas-claim-that-2015-2nd-hottest-on-record-is-based-on-compromised-thermometers/#ixzz3wb5wyBMd
There’s just one problem: the U.S. temperature record may be contaminated with bad data, according to a recent study by climate experts.
Most of the more than 1,200 weather stations used by NOAA to calculate the average temperature have been “compromised by encroachment of artificial surfaces like concrete, asphalt, and heat sources like air conditioner exhausts,” according to Anthony Watts, a seasoned meteorologist and lead author of a recent study examining the integrity of thermometer data.
Watts and his fellow authors found these “compromised” weather stations run hotter than the 210 “unperturbed” stations use by NOAA. What’s problematic is that NOAA adjusts temperature readings from well-sited stations upwards to be in line with readings from “compromised” stations — this makes it look like the U.S. is warming faster than it actually is.
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“This study demonstrates conclusively that this issue affects temperature trend and that NOAA’s methods are not correcting for this problem, resulting in an inflated temperature trend. It suggests that the trend for U.S. temperature will need to be corrected.” Watts says.
Despite the potential problems with NOAA’s weather station network, the agency and others have predicted 2015 will be the hottest year on record, “The state of the global climate in 2015 will make history as for a number of reasons,” World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Michel Jarraud says in a statement.
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UN IPCC Lead Author Dr. Richard Tol bolts warmist narrative: Calls Gore’s claims ‘complete madness’
Via: http://cliscep.com/2016/01/06/interviews-with-richard-tol/
There’s an interesting blog based in Belgium called Trust, yet verify. If you’re not familiar with it, do take a look, there are plenty of good posts there. The blogger, Michel, describes in a series of posts starting here how he started out as a devout believer in what we were being told about the climate crisis, then started to look into it in more detail, asked questions, was not satisfied by the answers and the tone in which they were delivered, and gradually became more sceptical – a very familiar story.
Tol is one of the most highly cited researchers in the field and an IPCC author, writing for WG2 about economic impacts.
The world is in uproar about the climate, but you claim that climate change is not a problem?
Tol: “There is no reason to believe that climate change is so terrible at the moment. Unless you raise funds for Greenpeace or are a politician who presents themself as the savior of mankind: then you gain by exaggerating things. The reality is that the climate hardly affects our wellbeing and our prosperity. There are happy and rich people living in boiling hot Singapore, but also in freezing cold Canada. There are unhappy and poor people in boiling hot Kenya but also stone cold Mongolia. Climate change is not the main environmental problem. Dirty air causes currently roughly four million deaths each year.”
Are you concerned that the future of your children is at risk due to climate change?
Tol: “Not for a moment. It disturbs me hearing people like Al Gore say that he is worried about the future of his grandchildren. Complete madness. The best estimate is that sea level will rise half a meter this century. That is from the ground to our knees. The Netherlands has the money and the knowledge to do something about it. It is the poorest who are affected by climate change. It is the grandchildren of the people in a country like Bangladesh who are at risk from rising sea levels. But why are we suddenly concerned about the grandchildren of people that we care little about? Poverty is a bigger problem than climate change. Do you help the poor by reducing greenhouse gas emissions or by fighting poverty? An important question for which no one has a clear answer yet.”
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European Science Foundation scientists: Volcanoes ‘pose more threat to Earth & survival of humans than asteroids, earthquakes, nuclear war & global warming.’
The report looked at other major geo-hazards facing the globe, including earthquakes, drought, asteroids floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, avalanches and wildfires.
Large earthquakes and tsunamis have happened more in the last 2,000 years, meaning there was better preparedness.
The report concluded: “Volcanic eruptions can have more severe impacts through atmospheric and climate effects and can lead to drastic problems in food and water security, as emphasized by the widespread famine and diseases that were rampant after the Laki 1783 and Tambora 1815 eruptions.
“Hence extreme volcanic eruptions pose a higher associated risk than all other natural hazards with similar recurrence periods, including asteroid impacts.”
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