Hottest Year On Record
It’s official, 2014 is the hottest year on record.
Last year was the hottest on Earth since record-keeping began in 1880, scientists reported on Friday, underscoring warnings about the risks of runaway greenhouse-gas emissions and undermining claims by climate-change contrarians that global warming had somehow stopped.
And if the temperature record isn’t enough for you, check out what’s happening to our oceans.
Coral reefs, for example, have declined by 40 percent worldwide, partly as a result of climate-change-driven warming.
Some fish are migrating to cooler waters already. Black sea bass, once most common off the coast of Virginia, have moved up to New Jersey. Less fortunate species may not be able to find new ranges. At the same time, carbon emissions are altering the chemistry of seawater, making it more acidic.
“If you cranked up the aquarium heater and dumped some acid in the water, your fish would not be very happy,” Dr. Pinsky said. “In effect, that’s what we’re doing to the oceans.”
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mea_mark January 17th, 2015 at 09:03
Here is a neat little animation to go along with it. http://t.co/Y6suPRkXe3
mea_mark January 17th, 2015 at 10:03
Here is a neat little animation to go along with it. http://t.co/Y6suPRkXe3
rg9rts January 17th, 2015 at 13:07
Gee it was pretty cold last night
William January 17th, 2015 at 13:33
Well there ya go, proof positive
rg9rts January 17th, 2015 at 13:43
Still only 22F
rg9rts January 17th, 2015 at 14:07
Gee it was pretty cold last night
William January 17th, 2015 at 14:33
Well there ya go, proof positive
rg9rts January 17th, 2015 at 14:43
Still only 22F
burqa January 17th, 2015 at 14:08
I had a nice post here and am quite unhappy it’s gone.
I have no idea what was wrong with it.
tracey marie January 17th, 2015 at 14:09
call a mod, a word might have held it up. They will release your comment
burqa January 17th, 2015 at 16:28
I don’t have any mod phone numbers or nuthin.’
I have no idea what was wrong, I sure didn’t use any vulgarities or profanities, and certainly not the Tommy Christopher word.
I didn’t use any language I’d be embarrassed to use in front of my mamma.
What I did was describe how “hot” 2014 was – the long neck, high cheekbones and dancer’s legs. Yes, 2014 had lovely chestnut-colored hair and a wonderful figure, and that laugh and smile were captivating, trending from gleefully innocent to something approaching downright wicked.
Yes, yes, and the topper that made her the hottest was the electrifying tango she danced with me that put her a head above the competition….
See anything wrong with that?
I took more care with the first one and think it was a bit better…
tracey marie January 17th, 2015 at 16:32
Just call them online
YOOHOO mea, anomoly or any mod…can you release the comment of Burqa
burqa January 18th, 2015 at 19:03
Ok, thank you Ms. Marie. I’ll do that.
I do have me some pleasant memories of 2014, she had me wrapped around her little finger and it was sad to have to move on, but who knows? Maybe 2015 will be so hot I forget about 2014!
burqa January 17th, 2015 at 15:08
I had a nice post here and am quite unhappy it’s gone.
I have no idea what was wrong with it.
tracey marie January 17th, 2015 at 15:09
call a mod, a word might have held it up. They will release your comment
burqa January 17th, 2015 at 17:28
I don’t have any mod phone numbers or nuthin.’
I have no idea what was wrong, I sure didn’t use any vulgarities or profanities, and certainly not the Tommy Christopher word.
I didn’t use any language I’d be embarrassed to use in front of my mamma.
What I did was describe how “hot” 2014 was – the long neck, high cheekbones and dancer’s legs. Yes, 2014 had lovely chestnut-colored hair and a wonderful figure, and that laugh and smile were captivating, trending from gleefully innocent to something approaching downright wicked.
Yes, yes, and the topper that made her the hottest was the electrifying tango she danced with me that put her a head above the competition….
See anything wrong with that?
I took more care with the first one and think it was a bit better…
tracey marie January 17th, 2015 at 17:32
Just call them online
YOOHOO mea, anomoly or any mod…can you release the comment of Burqa
burqa January 18th, 2015 at 20:03
Ok, thank you Ms. Marie. I’ll do that.
I do have me some pleasant memories of 2014, she had me wrapped around her little finger and it was sad to have to move on, but who knows? Maybe 2015 will be so hot I forget about 2014!
Red Eye Robot January 18th, 2015 at 00:11
Nasa press release failed to mention this, as well as the fact that the alleged ‘record’ amounted to an increase over 2010, the previous ‘warmest year’, of just two-hundredths of a degree – or 0.02C. The margin of error is said by scientists to be approximately 0.1C – several times as much. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2915061/Nasa-climate-scientists-said-2014-warmest-year-record-38-sure-right.html#ixzz3P8lYBHSF%20
Obewon January 18th, 2015 at 10:17
38+ consecutively warmer years (+1.2° F to 1.5 ° F) above the 20th century global average ‘is really an ice cream company conspiracy to keep delusional’s overfed.’
bahlers January 30th, 2015 at 05:35
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/12/18/satellite-data-indicate-2014-will-not-be-warmest-year-on-record-but-among-top-several/
Obewon January 30th, 2015 at 22:05
“This also marks the 38th consecutively warmer year (since 1977) “-NASA & 97% of climatologists keep proving nobody is as gullible as you climate denying errant fools. http://www.nasa.gov/press/2015/january/nasa-determines-2014-warmest-year-in-modern-record/#.VMxGx2jF8iU
Obewon January 30th, 2015 at 22:09
Climate Deniers are most always Greedy Oil Party buffoons.
Red Eye Robot January 18th, 2015 at 01:11
Nasa press release failed to mention this, as well as the fact that the alleged ‘record’ amounted to an increase over 2010, the previous ‘warmest year’, of just two-hundredths of a degree – or 0.02C. The margin of error is said by scientists to be approximately 0.1C – several times as much. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2915061/Nasa-climate-scientists-said-2014-warmest-year-record-38-sure-right.html#ixzz3P8lYBHSF%20
Obewon January 18th, 2015 at 11:17
38+ consecutively warmer years (+1.2° F to 1.5 ° F) above the 20th century global average ‘is really an ice cream company conspiracy to keep delusionals overfed.’
bahlers January 30th, 2015 at 06:35
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/12/18/satellite-data-indicate-2014-will-not-be-warmest-year-on-record-but-among-top-several/
Obewon January 30th, 2015 at 23:05
“This also marks the 38th consecutively warmer year (since 1977) “-NASA & 97% of climatologists keep proving nobody is as gullible as you climate deniers. http://www.nasa.gov/press/2015/january/nasa-determines-2014-warmest-year-in-modern-record/#.VMxGx2jF8iU
Climate denier myths debunked: “John Christy and Roy Spencer of the University of Alabama-” were easily proven wrong long ago by all other accredited climate scientists. http://www.skepticalscience.com/satellite-measurements-warming-troposphere.htm & http://www.cmu.edu/environment/steinbrenner/climate-change-faq-final.pdf
Obewon January 30th, 2015 at 23:09
Climate Deniers are most always Greedy Oil Party science illiterates.
labman57 January 22nd, 2015 at 23:18
Record hurricanes. Record heat waves. Record flooding. Record blizzards. Record droughts. Record wildfires. Record permafrost thaws and icecap/ice sheet melting. Record tornados.
Welcome to the new normal.
labman57 January 23rd, 2015 at 00:18
Record hurricanes. Record heat waves. Record flooding. Record blizzards. Record droughts. Record wildfires. Record permafrost thaws and icecap/ice sheet melting. Record tornados.
Welcome to the new normal.