Is this science or propaganda? "Global temperatures for last month highest for any January on record."

Question

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20070216/sc_livescience/januaryiswarmestonrecord

The article cites an average global temperature of 55.13 F. This is 12.85 Celcius, or 286.0 Kelvin. (do a search on Celcius and Kelvin) The article claims that the global temperature has increased by 1.53 F or 0.85 Celcius.

Therefore, using the scientific scale, temperatures have increased from 285.15 K to 286 K. This is a 0.3 % increase.

What's the matter, isn't that shocking enough for you?

You must be 18 years or older to answer this question.

Answer 1

Don't expect anyone to listen but I will try.

Here are a few facts that the global warming theorists try to ignore or down play.

The temperature on Mars is warming at about the same rate as that of Earth. Indicating that solar activity has a larger part in the warming trend than actions of man.

The highest concentration of CO2 in our atmosphere occurred during the height of the ice age. (This is the green house gas that is getting the lions share of the blame for global warming)

A volcanic eruption sends out more greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere than man has created in all the time we have been industrialized.

We are still at the end of an ice age and for most of the history of earth temperatures have been much higher.

I support clean air water and other propositions that keep our environment clean, however, mans actions on this planet have nowhere near the influence on global weather patterns that we are being lead to believe.

The only reason that this is being promoted the way it is is to scare people into voting a particular way.

Answer 2

Yeah that would be fine if we measured temperatures in Kelvin. Plus the rise in global temperatures is predicted to accelerate during the century because we are adding more and more greenhouse gases. It could be 5C warmer than it is now, which is only an increase of 1 or 2 percent, but it would have a large effect on our climate.

Answer 3

I'm not sure where you live , but after the 10th or so, we froze out butts off. So far we know that on average, the temp of the earth has increases by 1 degree C in 125 years. It sounds like a slow news day and more global warming hype by a reporter who probably knows nothing about science.

Answer 4

I don't think you should use the average temperature and unless you are a scientist, you shouldn't be using the Kelvin scale, because the amount of temperature increase may sound a lot to people who the Celsius of Fahrenheit scale but it really isn't that much.

Answer 5

What, we just experienced the coldest January in the last 10 years and are set to break record cold for February.

It was warmer 1000 years ago than it is now. Vikings were farming in Greenland. I'd be more concerned about the coming ice age. Check out the April 28, 1975 cover of Newsweek.

Answer 6

Well it is scientific propaganda which probability the scientists say are high and it is time to address the climate change issues and that of carbon emissions with a view of saving the planet. Hope that the cost to the people are not too high in terms of cash. It may be used as an excuse.

Answer 7

I am all for encouraging Americans to use a real temperature scale instead of Farenheit, but I don't believe that converting to Kelvin is particularly meaningful in this context. Most people have an intuitive feel for how much a difference a degree ot two Farenheit really is.

However you express it, that is shocking news to me, and I thank you for bringing it to my attention.

Answer 8

Its hardly going to be propaganda if only the facts are presented, right?

You must be addressing the few Americans who think its all a hoax.

Answer 9

Take a look at this link
http://www.alaskaone.com/kobuk_valley/
then say how many hundreds of years did it take for these dunes to form in Alaska