Saturday, October 18, 2014

Ice Melt causes HUGE temperature increase in Barrow, Alaska. (Global Warming is real)

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/17/1337244/-Ice-Loss-sends-Barrow-Alaska-s-temperatures-soaring-to-7-degrees-celcius?detail=email

In the last 34 years, the average October temperature in Barrow has risen by more than 7°C − an increase that, on its own, makes a mockery of international efforts to prevent global temperatures from rising more than 2°C above their pre-industrial level.
A study by scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks analysed several decades of weather information. These show that temperature trends are closely linked to sea ice concentrations, which have been recorded since 1979, when accurate satellite measurements began.

In that period, the average annual temperature rose by 2.7°C. But the November increase was far higher − more than six degrees. And October was the most striking of all, with the month’s average temperature 7.2°C higher in 2012 than in 1979.

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