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[BrilloPad]

Its raining now in London. Is this due to global warming or not?

[DimPrawn]

All the heat caused by cars has sunk to the centre of the earth. It's the only explanation. Damn the industrial revolution! Melting the core of the planet!

[BlasterBates]

Excellent point. Ninety-something percent of the extra heat being trapped by the enhanced greenhouse is indeed going to heat the oceans. Some argue that ocean heat content is a better metric of global warming than surface temperature. How's that going ...?

Global ocean heat and salt content

So you don't think that perhaps when the SST over the entire globe is cool it might not be an indication of cooling deeper down as well?

simple question

If you go around the entire globe and take masurements would you expect there to be a relation between SST and the temperature deeper down?

Suggesting the heat is hiding at the bottom of the ocean where it can't really be measured on a global scale smacks of desperation don't you think?

[DimPrawn]

Excellent point. Ninety-something percent of the extra heat being trapped by the enhanced greenhouse is indeed going to heat the oceans. Some argue that ocean heat content is a better metric of global warming than surface temperature. How's that going ...?

Global ocean heat and salt content

Excellent news!

I love a dip in the sea.

[pjclarke]

How much of the earth's surface is covered by the seas?

Excellent point. Ninety-something percent of the extra heat being trapped by the enhanced greenhouse is indeed going to heat the oceans. Some argue that ocean heat content is a better metric of global warming than surface temperature. How's that going ...?

Global ocean heat and salt content

[pjclarke]

Not according to the weather records in Wundergound. If freezing there.

And here's the global picture for last year, also from Wunderground

The year 2011 was the tenth warmest year on record for the globe, but the warmest year on record when a La Niña event was present (Ricky Rood has a discussion of this in his lastest post.) Seven nations and one territory broke all-time hottest temperature records. This is a far cry from 2010 (which tied for the warmest year on record), when twenty nations (plus one UK territory) set all-time hottest temperature records. One all-time coldest temperature record was set in 2011; this was the first time since 2009 one of these records was set. The all-time cold record occurred in Zambia, which ironically also set an all-time hottest temperature record in 2011.

Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog : Extreme temperatures of 2011: 7 national all-time heat records; 1 cold record : Weather Underground

[BrilloPad]

Its getting warmer in London this week BBC Weather : London

[Paddy]

Is it some kind of game?

Record Heat Floods America With Temperatures 40 Degrees Above Normal | ThinkProgress

Not according to the weather records in Wundergound. If freezing there.

[BlasterBates]

Master of the selective quote. In the middle of La Nina, the seas are indeed colder than trend. So you show the seas only plot. Sheesh.

Indeed if you add up the pixels on your graph the red splodge is impressive; but is the earth really square?

How much of the earth's surface is covered by the seas?

Is that the best you can do....:

Have a nice day.

[pjclarke]

Is it some kind of game?

Record Heat Floods America With Temperatures 40 Degrees Above Normal | ThinkProgress

[Paddy]

Dozens of children die in Afghanistan cold | World news | The Guardian

More than 40 people, most of them children, have frozen to death in what has been Afghanistan's coldest winter in years.

The government has recorded 41 deaths from freezing in three provinces Kabul, Ghor and Badakhshan, said health ministry spokesman Ghulam Sakhi Kargar.

http://www.stripes.com/news/humanita...-ends-1.170232

Humanitarian mission to aid snow-stranded in Montenegro ends

In a final tally, officials say Task Force Duke flew 23 missions with 44,000 pounds of cargo, much of it food and cattle feed to aid snow-stranded residents and their livestock in the mountainous country. As much as 11½ feet of snow covered the ground in some areas,

[pjclarke]

Master of the selective quote. In the middle of La Nina, the seas are indeed colder than trend. So you show the seas only plot. Sheesh.

[BlasterBates]

Steve Goddard on sea level?

You cannot be serious.

Goddard got dropped as a guest poster from Wattsupwiththat for serial inaccuracies. Now that takes some doing.

Is that inaccuracy as serious as the gaffe by your Australian friends predicting no more rain and then three years later....



or what about good old Dr David Viner (need I say more).




Now with regard to your prediction that 2012 would be the hottest year.I always say a picture speaks a 1000 words



Doesn't look good does it......

[pjclarke]

Steve Goddard on sea level?

You cannot be serious.

Goddard got dropped as a guest poster from Wattsupwiththat for serial inaccuracies. Now that takes some doing.

[NickFitz]

Long term trend is down down down.

But enough about your IQ