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Fatmouse

Jul 29, 08 9:44

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This one surprised me a bit, as we've seen posted a number of times how the very cold winter brought us to where we were 30 years ago temperature-wise.

But even with that cold winter included, 2008 is so far the 9th warmest year to date on a global basis.

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/...2008/jun/global.html

I would be interested in learning more about the sea ice item on the page. Northern sea ice is on a significant downward trend, while southern sea ice seems to be on a slightly upward trend. Just curious what the thoughts are on that topic. Again, that's sea ice, not glaciers.

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David in FL

Jul 29, 08 10:07

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Re: Data point on global temperatures [Fatmouse] [In reply to] Can't Post
I looked and couldn't find it. If this is the 9th warmest on record, what years were numbers 1-8?


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Fatmouse

Jul 29, 08 10:45

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Re: Data point on global temperatures [David in FL] [In reply to] Can't Post
Good question. I don't have that list but I'm sure someone does. It's easier to find full year records rather than first 6 months.

This was more about my surprise that we are still up there in temperature despite all we've heard in the room about how cold the winter was.

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