By the way 3.2 milimeters per year of all oceans getting higher and deeper average now is .12598425 inches per year. This doesn't seem like much but this is ALL oceans that interconnect on the planet. So, the volume of this water is gigantic earth wide. Also, this changes the weight displacement of the earth itself, changing ongoing the shape and the way earth rotates, the temperatures of the oceans, the way the oceans move and changes their depths slightly, brings more water up onto the lands of the earth during storms and tides etc. So, the effects of this every year shouldn't be underestimated.
Latest State of the Climate: Yup, Still Getting Hotter
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An Indian woman carries an empty water pot as she crosses the dry bed of
a pond at Mehmadpur village, some 20 kms from Ahmedabad, on July 8,
2014.
The annual State of the Climate is in, and for readers looking forward to cracking a beer and diving into the 275-page report, read no further. Spoiler Alert: The planet is still getting hotter.
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association issues a report each year compiling the latest data collected by scientists from around the world. Here’s a review, in six charts, of some of the climate highlights from 2013.
Four independent datasets show that for surface ocean
temperatures, last year was among the 10 warmest years on record. The
North Pacific set a new record.
The global mean sea level continued to rise, keeping pace with a trend of 3.2 millimeters per year over the last two decades.
Preliminary data from the U.S., Canada, Norway, Austria, Nepal
and New Zealand show that last year was likely the 24th straight year of
glacier ice loss worldwide. The consistent worldwide retreat of
mountain glaciers is considered one of the clearest signals of global
warming.
Carbon dioxide, the most important greenhouse gas, reached a
concentration of 400 parts per million parts of air for the first time
in May 2013. The data shown is from the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii.
Data collection was started there by C. David Keeling of the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography in March 1958. This chart is commonly
referred to as the Keeling curve.
Four independent datasets show last year was among the warmest
in modern record keeping. It ranked between second and sixth, depending
on the dataset. The map above shows temperature departure from the norm.
Australia had its warmest year on record.
This chart shows temperature extremes -- when daily high
temperatures max out above the 90th percentile and nightly lows fall
below the lowest 10th percentile. Globally, last year had the
sixth-highest number of warm days on record and the eighth-fewest cool
nights. Together, that put last year in the top 10 most extreme on
record.
North America was largely an exception, with a relatively wet and mild year experienced in the United States. Europe and Asia had a high number of warm days, and Asia had the fewest cool nights on record.
Trends also continued at the poles. The seven lowest observations of ice in the Arctic have all occurred in the last seven years. In Antarctica, the ice has counterintuitively been expanding, despite warmer temperatures. One reason for more surface ice in the South is that winds have increased there in recent decades, a shift linked to increased greenhouse gases.
The report, published by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, comes with this interactive map of extreme climate events from 2013.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-17/latest-state-of-the-climate-yup-still-getting-hotter-.html
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association issues a report each year compiling the latest data collected by scientists from around the world. Here’s a review, in six charts, of some of the climate highlights from 2013.
The ocean surface continues to warm.
Sea levels reach a record high.
Glaciers retreat for the 24th consecutive year.
Greenhouse gases continue to climb.
The planet's surface remains near its warmest.
Warm days are up; cool nights are down.
North America was largely an exception, with a relatively wet and mild year experienced in the United States. Europe and Asia had a high number of warm days, and Asia had the fewest cool nights on record.
Trends also continued at the poles. The seven lowest observations of ice in the Arctic have all occurred in the last seven years. In Antarctica, the ice has counterintuitively been expanding, despite warmer temperatures. One reason for more surface ice in the South is that winds have increased there in recent decades, a shift linked to increased greenhouse gases.
The report, published by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, comes with this interactive map of extreme climate events from 2013.
More from Tom Randall:
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- The Top Ten Beers in the World Aren't What You Think
- Climate Forecast: A Heat More Deadly Than the U.S. Has Ever Seen
- Is Climate a Material Risk? Here’s What Companies Are Really Reporting
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-17/latest-state-of-the-climate-yup-still-getting-hotter-.html
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