NASA - 2007 Was Tied as Earth's Second-Warmest Year
2007 Was Tied as Earth's Second-Warmest Year01.16.08 Climatologists at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City have found that 2007 tied with 1998 for EarthÂ’s second warmest year in a century.
Image right: Click this image for the "Earth's Temperature" Web video. Credit: NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center
"It is unlikely that 2008 will be a year with truly exceptional global mean temperature," said Hansen. "Barring a large volcanic eruption, a record global temperature clearly exceeding that of 2005 can be expected within the next few years, at the time of the next El Nino, because of the background warming trend attributable to continuing increases of greenhouse gases."
The eight warmest years in the GISS record have all occurred since 1998, and the 14 warmest years in the record have all occurred since 1990.
Goddard Institute researchers used temperature data from weather stations on land, satellite measurements of sea ice temperature since 1982 and data from ships for earlier years.
Image right: This still from the animation presented shows the temperature anomalies that were present during 2007. Click image for enlargement. Click here for visualization Credit: NASA
The greatest warming in 2007 occurred in the Arctic, and neighboring high latitude regions. Global warming has a larger affect in polar areas, as the loss of snow and ice leads to more open water, which absorbs more sunlight and warmth. Snow and ice reflect sunlight; when they disappear, so too does their ability to deflect warming rays. The large Arctic warm anomaly of 2007 is consistent with observations of record low geographic extent of Arctic sea ice in September 2007
No matter how often you repeat a lie, it still will never become the truth.
You are basing all of your assertions upon Hansen's NASA data estimates.
While far and away the best funded, the NASA projections have long been the most controversial within the scientific community (to say nothing of Hansen himself)
You are cherry-picking one controversial sourse that does not utilize the actual satellite data, and then, due to a lack of worldwide monitors, throws in estimates of surface temperatures. The United States has by far the greatest numbers of monitors, and as such, likely provides the most accurate surface temperature readings - when it was discovered Hansen was in error regarding the US numbers, which show a decline in temps during the last decade, he jumped to "worldwide" temperature estimates, which allow him to basically adjust the numbers to continue showing a warming trend. (that is exactly what he has done)
There is an abundance of information out there disputing Hansen and his NASA estimates - and one of the primary questions being leveled against him is why his not using the satelite data and incorporating them into his figures? Likely because this data does not corroborate the lie he has been spreading in the face of mounting evidence that all of his previous estimates have been proven incorrect. If enough people begin to question his legitimacy within the climate science community, his funding will dry up and Hansen will go down in history as a complete fraud - which might very well happen.
Read this most recent article - and make sure to also go to page two at the bottom where you will see a press report warning of melting icebergs, dying seals, unheard of warming in the Arctic, dissapearing ice, and loss of sea life.
The article is from the US Weather Bureau in 1922.
Is the earth getting warmer, or cooler? • The Register
This is why an increasing number of global warming proponents are now hedging their bets - the earth has not been cooperating with their previous estimates, so now you are seeing "studies" being released stating that the earth will likely cool for a decade or longer, before more global warming will kick back in. (Ahem - that is what the earth does, yes? It warms and cools in moderate fluctuations in 20-40 year cycles) This is out of an increasingly desperate hope to continue securing funding for their livelihoods.
The science of global warming is repeatedly being proven false - the change to the term climate change is increasingly being viewed with bemused and skeptical eyes by the public at large, and the earth has been cooling slightly during the last decade.
Doubt Is Cast Over Global Warming (from The Herald )
You see Old Rocks,
you are the one repeating the lie. Two out of the three data sources show the earth's temperatures as stagnant or cooling over the last decade. Only Hansens continues to push the fabrication of an alarmingly warming earth. While satellite data shows March 2008 as average - Hansen declared it the warmest March in recorded history. This same satellite data shows earth's current temperatures at or below the 30-year average, while the Hansen manipulated NASA data continues to show a drastic upward trend. Hansen repeatedly alters his data, and it has been found that he lowers past temperatures while raising more current temperatures. Why is that?
http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=2964