October 2013 - September 2014: Warmest 12-Month Period On Record - There Was/Is No "Pause"

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Global warming is like the Energizer bunny. It just keeps going and going and going. The big difference is that there aren’t any “Energizer bunny” deniers, claiming that the bunny stopped moving 18 years ago!

Not only did NOAA report Monday that last month was the hottest September on record, but they also pointed out, “The past 12 months—October 2013–September 2014—was the warmest 12-month period among all months since records began in 1880.”

NOAA climatologist Jessica Blunden says “It’s pretty likely” that 2014 will break the record for hottest year.” The AP reports:

Some people, mostly non-scientists, have been claiming that the world has not warmed in 18 years, but “no one’s told the globe that,” Blunden said. She said NOAA records show no pause in warming.

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http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/10/21/3581943/hottest-12-months-on-record/

[newfie11]

1. We were 82 yesterday in the SD Black Hills

This is NOT normal and this whole fall has not been normal.
We had a wet summer but not much moisture this fall.
If this doesn't change the fires will follow.

[liberal N proud]

2. All that must have been somewhere else - it has been below normal for the last 12 here

Not denying climate change but last winter was brutal here and then we had the summer that wasn't with only 2 90+ degree days.

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3. "Here" (wherever that is) represents a tiny slice of the 1.9% of Earth's surface area that is the US

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[liberal N proud]

4. Not disagreeing