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To: Brumar89 who wrote (37878)	2/7/2013 4:28:58 PM
From: Land Shark	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

You lack profound knowledge on the processes involved in formulating that data. While the science is not perfect, it's not corrupt (unlike your conservative politicians selling the denial story). The GIStemp construct program is available for public download. Invalid data is filtered and usable raw data is corrected for instrument error. These algorithms are published in peer reviewed articles. Watt's cries of foul play are mostly pointing to variances in data below the margin of statistical significance. It's all a political smear campaign. Most disgusting.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (37878)	2/7/2013 4:39:05 PM
From: Land Shark	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

Hansen had it right in '81, predicting emerging warming towards the end of the century and creation of drought prone zones in North America (and other areas). You do realize that 60% of America is in drought, don't you? Or are you going to deny that too? Hansen et al. 1981 Hansen, J., D. Johnson, A. Lacis, S. Lebedeff, P. Lee, D. Rind, and G. Russell, 1981: Climate impact of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide. Science, 213, 957-966, doi:10.1126/science.213.4511.957. The global temperature rose 0.2°C between the middle 1960s and 1980, yielding a warming of 0.4°C in the past century. This temperature increase is consistent with the calculated effect due to measured increases of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Variations of volcanic aerosols and possibly solar luminosity appear to be primary causes of observed fluctuations about the mean trend of increasing temperature. It is shown that the anthropogenic carbon dioxide warming should emerge from the noise level of natural climate variability by the end of the century, and there is a high probability of warming in the 1980s. Potential effects on climate in the 21st century include the creation of drought-prone regions in North America and central Asia as part of a shifting of climatic zones, erosion of the West Antarctic ice sheet with a consequent worldwide rise in sea level, and opening of the fabled Northwest Passage

To: Brumar89 who wrote (37878)	2/7/2013 4:50:42 PM
From: Land Shark	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

"The U.S. temperatures in the summer of 2012 are an example of a new trend of outlying seasonal extremes that are warmer than the hottest seasonal temperatures of the mid-20th century," GISS director James E. Hansen said. "The climate dice are now loaded. Some seasons still will be cooler than the long-term average, but the perceptive person should notice that the frequency of unusually warm extremes is increasing. It is the extremes that have the most impact on people and other life on the planet."