by P. Homewood, Oct 6, 2023 in NotaLotofPeopleKnowThat
The latest of many heat records broken this year is putting the world on course for its hottest year ever, and is a sign of what is to come in future, according to scientists.
Last month was not only the hottest September on record, new data has confirmed, but it was higher by a margin described by stunned scientists as “extraordinary”, “huge” and “whopping”.
I’ll ignore the ignorance of journalists who think that the world started in the 19thC, during the Little Ice Age. And the fact that a “global average temperature” is a meaningless construct, which assumes you can average completely different things.
According to satellite data, the temperature anomaly last month was 0.24C higher than the previous peak in 2016:
https://www.drroyspencer.com/latest-global-temperatures/
The idea that GHGs can make such a difference in such a short period of time is utterly absurd. But the Sky report does give us a clue:
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