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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,597 posts)
Thu Jan 25, 2018, 02:35 PM Jan 2018

Global mean surface temperatures jumped a half-degree over 3 years. 'Just remarkable'

Retweeted by Dvaid Fahrenthold: https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold

Global mean surface temp rose by a whopping 0.24 C between 2014 and 2016. Jump like that hasn't happened in over 100 years.



Temps jumped a half-degree over 3 years. 'Just remarkable'
Chelsea Harvey, E&E News reporter

Published: Thursday, January 25, 2018

Global temperatures rose by a record-breaking amount between 2014 and 2016, new research finds.

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Global mean surface temperatures jumped a half-degree over 3 years. 'Just remarkable' (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 OP
When last ice age ended, quartz007 Jan 2018 #1
.24 half? voteearlyvoteoften Jan 2018 #2
Don't expect acknowledgement MFM008 Jan 2018 #3
 

quartz007

(1,216 posts)
1. When last ice age ended,
Thu Jan 25, 2018, 02:38 PM
Jan 2018

does any one know what was the temperature rise to melt all those several miles thick glaciers sitting on top of Chicagoland?

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