As Ryan points out and we have discussed in the past, the paper is NOT an effort to render a scientific opinion about the trend
of the temperature record in Antarctica.
Which would seem to leave the published proxy temp reconstructions in limbo — the temperature resolution of the reconstructions appears too coarse to shed much light on the details
of temperature record in the past millenium or two.
This image illustrates how cold December was compared to the average
of temperatures recorded in December between 2000 and 2008.
Here's the note from Thorne defending the quality
of temperature records in the United States (it's a bit technical in spots):
Not exact matches
In the U.S., temperatures continue to set new records as the fire season in many parts of the country has now stretched to as many as 300 days of the yea
In the U.S.,
temperatures continue to set new
records as the fire season
in many parts of the country has now stretched to as many as 300 days of the yea
in many parts
of the country has now stretched to as many as 300 days
of the year.
Searing
temperatures shattered 11 heat
records in British Columbia last month, including a sweltering 36.5 ºC
recorded at the historic gold rush town
of Lytton.
A
record - setting cold snap
in the Midwest enveloped the eastern half
of the country Tuesday, with brutally cold
temperatures recorded from the deep South up to New England.
He's kept a precise
record of his religious
temperature and informs God
of every change
in degree.
The decade we've just come through was the warmest on
record in human history: it saw
record incidence
of floods and drought (both
of which you'd expect with higher
temperatures).
The average
temperature was 57.1 degrees F, up from the old
record,
in 1998, which landed an average
of 54.3 degrees F. «We had our fourth warmest winter (2011/2012) on
record, our warmest spring, a very hot summer with the hottest month on
record for the nation (July 2012), and a warmer than average autumn,» Jake Crouch, a scientist at the National Climatic Data Center, told NBC News.
The HT100 HACCP Touch is an easy and cost - effective device for collecting,
recording and storing daily
temperatures of critical items
in receiving, storage, prep, cooking and holding as well as many
of the other checklists you've been filling out by hand.
In addition to being the warmest place in the United States in January, it is also the city with the highest record low in the United States with an all - time low temperature of 56 °F (13 °C
In addition to being the warmest place
in the United States in January, it is also the city with the highest record low in the United States with an all - time low temperature of 56 °F (13 °C
in the United States
in January, it is also the city with the highest record low in the United States with an all - time low temperature of 56 °F (13 °C
in January, it is also the city with the highest
record low
in the United States with an all - time low temperature of 56 °F (13 °C
in the United States with an all - time low
temperature of 56 °F (13 °C).
El Niño Now Among Strongest
in Modern History; Unusually Warm and Unsettled Conditions Persist
in California: Not only is 2015 California's warmest year on
record to date (beating the previous
record set all the way back
in 2014), but the details
of the persistently elevated
temperatures have been particularly oppressive...
With an application
temperature of 100 °C, Technomelt Supra 100 Cool from Henkel is believed to be the new
record - holder among hotmelt adhesives used
in the packaging industry.
Last week, there were a lot
of frozen pipes
in the city due to the extremely
record low
temperatures that we've been experiencing.
With heavy rainfall and hot
temperatures, the 2015 harvest was the lowest ever
recorded by the U.S. Department
of Agriculture (starting
in 2000).
40 Stunning Photos
Of WAGs
In Bikinis: Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Real & Barca Babes Raise The
Temperature Five Key Things To Be Determined
In This Week's Champions League Matches, With Liverpool Qualification And Cristiano Ronaldo Goal
Record
In the last few weeks, we have run a series
of posts investigating the events
of the 30th Chicago Marathon, where
record high
temperatures caused the early cancellation
of the race, amid
record numbers
of medical cases and emergencies.
This mixture has been used for some
of the finest tracks
in the world: the one at Oxford on which Roger Bannister ran the first four - minute mile, the 1956 Olympic track at Melbourne, the Dublin track where Herb Elliott ran his world
record mile
in 1958, and even the track which the Sheik
of Kuwait built for his university on the Persian Gulf (no
records are likely to be set there, however, because
of the tendency
of the
temperature to climb up to the neighborhood
of 140 °).
In fact, states throughout the US are reporting some
of their highest
temperatures on
record.
With the kinds
of low
temperatures that have been
recorded lately
in many parts
of the country, it's critical to know how many layers little kids need to wear when they go outside.
The blast
of arctic air that engulfed portions
of the East Coast broke more cold
temperature records in several cities — although a warm - up is coming today.
The amount
of carbon dioxide
in the Earth's atmosphere grew at a
record rate
in 2016 to a level not seen for millions
of years, potentially fueling a 20 - meter (65 - foot) rise
in sea levels and adding 3 degrees to
temperatures, the United Nations said.
Wednesday's
temperature reached 61 degrees at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport, breaking the
record high
of 59 set
in 1957.
problem is we have set
record temperature rise
in each
of the last 12 consecutive months.
Last week Gavin Schmidt, head
of NASA's Goddard Institute
of Space Studies, estimated that the average global
temperature in 2016 could range from about 1.1 °C above preindustrial to only slightly below 1.5 °C, based on GISS's
temperature record and its definition
of pre-industrial (other
records and definitions vary).
I estimate > 99 % chance
of an annual
record in 2016
in @NASAGISS
temperature data, based on Jan - Mar alone pic.twitter.com / mEDvHxfmjj
Once
in orbit, the fully automated rig will create BECs and do other cold atom experiments, taking advantage
of weightlessness to attain
record - low
temperatures and break ground for ambitious studies
of quantum mechanics and gravity.
Their study, published
in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, also found evidence that climate change is skewing the proportion
of record high
temperatures to
record low
temperatures in the continental United States, with extremely hot days now outnumbering extremely cold days by 2 - to - 1.
The current heat wave comes after
record or near -
record temperatures last month
in many parts
of the country.
As each cylinder
of rock comes up from the deep, onboard specialists rush to
record its density, resistivity,
temperature and any other data that might change before the cores are examined at a main lab
in Bremen, Germany.
Forams form their shells
in concert with ocean
temperatures and chemistry, acting as miniscule time capsules, each containing a precise
record of the
temperature and ocean chemistry during its lifetime.
The ratio
of strontium to calcium
in a given layer
of coral reef — as well as the amount
of a heavier isotope
of oxygen
in the carbonate itself — reflect the
temperature in this historical
record, but the isotopic information also reveals rainfall.
For a start, observational
records are now roughly five years longer, and the global
temperature increase over this period has been largely consistent with IPCC projections
of greenhouse gas — driven warming made
in previous reports dating back to 1990.
Derham could not have known, but his hobby would one day mark the beginning
of something monumental: the Central England
temperature record, the earliest thermometer readings now included
in the massive datasets that track global warming.
«When you burn clay at very high
temperatures, you actually stabilize the magnetic minerals, and when they cool from these very high
temperatures, they lock
in a
record of the Earth's magnetic field,» Tarduno says.
Dust found
in the ice gives a
record of what was
in the air thousands
of years ago, whether from volcanic eruptions or human activity, and the isotopic composition
of the hydrogen and oxygen molecules
in the snow give a
record of the
temperature of the earth at the time.
IPCC estimates, using the best and longest
record available, show that the difference between the 1986 - 2005 global average
temperature value used
in most
of the Panel's projections, and pre-industrial global average
temperature, is 0.61 °C (0.55 - 0.67).
Surprisingly, however, no imprint
of the ocean's variability could be found
in Western Europe's wintertime
temperature record.
An analysis
of records from NASA's Aqua satellite between 2003 and 2014 shows that spikes
in maximum surface
temperatures occurred
in the tropical forests
of Africa and South America and across much
of Europe and Asia
in 2010 and
in Greenland
in 2012.
The satellite - based
record of land surface maximum
temperatures, scientists have found, provides a sensitive global thermometer that links bulk shifts
in maximum
temperatures with ecosystem change and human well - being.
The main drivers
of El Niño conditions, ocean
temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific, were as high as 3 °C above the average, making this event one
of the three most intense El Niños on
record.
Using
records dating back to 1855, hurricane researchers say they have uncovered an ongoing rise
in the number
of Atlantic hurricanes that tracks the increase
in sea surface
temperature related to climate change.
6 As the crystal grows around that speck, its shape is altered by humidity,
temperature, and wind; the history
of a flake's descent to Earth is
recorded in its intricate design.
The June
temperatures meant that the first half
of 2012 was one
of the warmest on
record, and contributed to the warmest 12 - month period
in the United States since
records began
in 1895.
For more than 10 weeks beginning
in January, sea
temperatures were between 2 °C and 4 °C warmer than usual along a 2000 - kilometre stretch
of coast — the area's most extreme warming event since
records began.
This year, the waters
in Lake Superior are on track to reach — and potentially exceed — the lake's
record - high
temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit
In addition to the Asia heat wave, those events were the record global heat in 2016 and the growth and persistence of a large swath of high ocean temperatures, nicknamed «the Blob,» in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alask
In addition to the Asia heat wave, those events were the
record global heat
in 2016 and the growth and persistence of a large swath of high ocean temperatures, nicknamed «the Blob,» in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alask
in 2016 and the growth and persistence
of a large swath
of high ocean
temperatures, nicknamed «the Blob,»
in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alask
in the Bering Sea off the coast
of Alaska.
Boersma and Rebstock looked at the cause
of every
recorded chick mortality
in an Argentinian colony
of Magellanic penguins, over a nearly 30 - year period, and compared these with changes
in temperature and precipitation over the same time.
The scientists, led by Eric Oliver
of Dalhousie University
in Canada, investigated long - term heat wave trends using a combination
of satellite data collected since the 1980s and direct ocean
temperature measurements collected throughout the 21st century to construct a nearly 100 - year
record of marine heat wave frequency and duration around the world.