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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (46923)	1/28/2014 7:56:35 AM
From: Sdgla	1 Recommendation Recommended By Hawkmoon Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

No New Continent ‘Hottest’ Temperature Records Since 1978 Posted on January 28, 2014 by Anthony Watts Something to consider for the SOTU address tonight where “extremes” of all kinds are likely to be discussed. If indeed we are seeing hottest ever type scenarios, or if you prefer, greater extremes, where are the continental representations of this? If on the other hand, what we are experiencing is within bounds of natural variations, you would expect to see new continental records set. World Extreme Temperature Map (click on to enlarge) For several decades now, consensus climate experts predicted that human CO2 emissions would produce extreme climate change for the world, which would be an existential threat to civilization. Experts spoke of boiling oceans and Venus-like atmospheres caused by humans use of fossil fuels. At the heart of these soon-to-be catastrophic climate disasters was runaway and tipping point warming – hotter and hotter temperatures that kept ratcheting up. It didn’t happen, though. As the above map of extreme temperatures documents, the last 3+ decades did not produce the cascading, record-setting temperature scenario. When one connects the dots, the predictions of CO2 causing extreme climate change are without empirical evidence merit. Additional regional and global temperature charts. References used by Wikipedia to compile their list of continent records. Mapquest source of map image. wattsupwiththat.com

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (46923)	2/1/2014 12:01:27 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 86356

CO2 went up by 80 PPM in 7000 years. We've pushed it up 100 ppm in about 100 years And Oceanic Phytoplankton levels have declined 40% since 1950, while atmospheric CO2 levels have climbed 50% since then.. scientificamerican.com climate.nasa.gov You don't seem to find a correlation between those two facts, so why should be believe the conclusions of scientists trying to peer back 14,000 years? Hawk