The past few months provide us a nice example of climate, and a useful framing for thinking about the future. Scientists are always explaining that just because the globe is, on average, warming, that does not mean that it no longer gets cold. When I have written about this in the past, I always start with the Sun still goes away at the winter pole; it gets cold; the pole is relatively isolated, so there are cold pockets of air up north.
New video from "Climate Crock of the Week" producer explores Heartland's claim that climate scientists, and proponents of man-made global warming, can be compared to "murderers, tyrants, and madmen."
No climate scientist has been subject to more attacks on their science and character than Penn State's Michael Mann, originator of the famed "hockey stick" graph of Earth's temperature history. Dr. Mann has an excellent new book called "The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines" that takes the reader on a fascinating journey to the front lines the high-stakes battles between climate scientists and their detractors.
April 2012 was the globe's 5th warmest April on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). April 2012 global land temperatures were the 2nd warmest on record, and the Northern Hemisphere land surface temperatures were the warmest since records began in 1880. Global ocean temperatures were the 11th warmest on record. April 2012 was the 427th consecutive month with ocean temperatures warmer than the 20th century average.
