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Question

My hometown broke the record breaking high temperature today, the only high was 105 and today it is 106, is that a sign of global warming or am I blowing the whole thing out of porprotion??

Answer 1

Its statistically insignificant. Most records will be eventually broken.

Answer 2

One thing is for sure, scientist are not going ot be hasty to assign global warming as the "cause" of new records, and with good reason.

Think about it, during a year, how much do the high temperature differ, maybe 50 degrees between winter and summer? Even day to day differences affect temperature. Clouds have a blanket effect on the weather, they will keep the nights warmer and the days cooler, affecting temperature by 10 degrees or more.

Basically, global warming is an overall trend, and you will not see differences in a new record high, but rather in changing climates and environments.

Answer 3

The important outcome of global warming is an increase in our climate not the weather. It is upsetting to have occurances of heat waves and hurricanes and transient acts of nature, but it really is FAR more damaging to have the average temperature go up a degree or two over the course of time. This gradual warming may well be responsible for various weather "anamolies" but they are definately responsible for things such as the extinction of certain species. Everything with the Earth moves very slowly (think about plate movement for a time scale) and all species gradually adapt to that over millenia, not years or even centuries, so we find that when we cause change on an unnatural timescale (years and centuries) the delicate equilbrium that has evolved cannot compensate and there are terrible irrepairable things consequences such as the loss of whole species.

Answer 4

You are not using the proper data for your question. Record breaking temperatures don't indicate Global Warming per se. Global Warming is monitored and determined using a lot of different variables.
The earth's Global Temperature has always changed, that's an observable fact. The hyperbole over Global Warming is based on the belief that human caused emissions are accelerating the natural process.
The evidence is compelling for that argument but your record breaking day is not the direct result of Global Warming, at least not yet!

Answer 5

Global warming is definately happening. Higher temperatures, and lower ones seem to be being recorded every year. However, if you look at the history of the earth it shows a cycle of heating up and cooling down. There is a good programme on the formaion of europe (by horizon I think) that takes a journey from the beginning of earth to the present day. It shows how over millions of years Rome, Paris and london would have been frozen, deserts and undersea. It was on sky tv documentaries.

Answer 6

Good lord! It means today was really warm!!! When was the former record set...1954??? Was tere global warming then? How come you haven't broken any other records this summer?...is global warming like a switch that is on and off every few weeks? Relax. What you SHOULD worry about is North Korea and Iran!

Answer 7

(Great question!)
(I'm witnessing) the same occurrences where I now live.
(Records) everywhere are reflecting (more climate change)
(From experts), who are recognized scientists, authorized to speak for scientific communities in many countries. It seems that it is (only a matter of time before oceans rise) changing sea levels (3 or more meters by 2050 possible).
It seems most likely that we will experience more of these (hot and rainey periods) increasing accross continents (causing more drought, storms and deserts).
The weather changes appear (to occur slowly but inevitably over the earth).
So far, it has not been proven without doubt that a major change in climate and sea levels will occur without (serious intervention by mankind) at a specific date (now and in the future). It is (necessary) that we continue to (spread the word) of our intention to keep abreast of current and future climate change to do all we can as individuals (to integrate action to affect change).
(Everything in parenthesis is true)
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Answer 8

if the increase is consistent then u can come to a conclusion that there is an effect of global warming
i dont deny global warming but it is infinitely small to be measured with in a year difference

Answer 9

There are definite signs of global warming. Go see "Inconvenient Truth"

Answer 10

Last year was the hottest year recorded in the history of the world.

Answer 11

Check the weather stats for 1936.