2007-03-03 03:27:51 · 6 answers · asked by thepawnbrokerroared 7 in Environment
YES and NO : it was true that globally 98 was the hottest year before... but it according to some studies it isn´t anymore now... I´ve got the 05 and 06 datas.
NO it´s not true, 98 was just the peak and the average is clearly increasing... before it and after it.
Only the explosion of the Pinatubo in Indonesia slowed the increase a bit.
As much as I hate using Wikipedia, here is the source. I nevertheless checked the source at the Nationdministration
2007-03-03 04:11:04 · answer #1 · answered by NLBNLB 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's absolutely true.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/04/09/do0907.xml
Of course, to be fair, it's only true because 1998 was such a hot year, so it's a bit of a case of "lies, damn lies and statistics". Having said that, an awful lot of what the global warming alarmists say is "lies, damn lies and statistics", so, what's source for the goose....
Sadly, it's entirely possible (probable?) that in the next few years the upward trend will re-commence.
Or, then again, maybe it won't.
If you look at the temperature record, average temps fell from around 1880 - 1910 (30 years), rose from around 1910 - 1940 (30 years), fell from around 1940 - 1970 (30 years) and then rose again from around 1970 - 2000 (30 years). (Oh, and it’s worth pointing out that, of course, CO2 levels rose continuously throughout this period. So global warming is caused by rising CO2 levels, is it? Hmmmm????)
Can you see a pattern? Could we be about to see another falling trend? God, I hope so, it would be so funny watching the global warming alarmists eating humble pie.
Except, of course, they wouldn't. They'd come up with some daft theory that would allow them to continue to predict a looming catastrophe.
2007-03-03 10:17:20 · answer #2 · answered by amancalledchuda 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes and No.
1998 was an unusually warm year, the warmest on record, but it was a spike in a continuing upward trend. 1998 was much hotter than 1997 or 1999, but there has been a upward trend since 1999 and it has almost caught up with that hot year 1998.
2007-03-03 04:28:00 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Certainly does not agree with data in below reference which shows temperatures still rising after 1998 and certainly not peaking. http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM2feb07.pdf (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis Page 6 Figure SPM-3)
2007-03-03 04:07:22 · answer #4 · answered by Robert A 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No, I'm sorry but this is certainly not true, this is probably propanganda by people to persuade the gullible that global warming is not happening, but temperatures are steadily rising by 0.3 degrees or so each year.
2007-03-03 03:44:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
did mr bush tell you that?
2007-03-03 03:30:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋