Four Major Heat Records for US

It appears that the Republican War on the Earth and War on Science are both doing well, as global warming continues to progress, although recently masked by La Nina.  While not completely responsible for climate change, the Republican Party exacerbates the issue by misinforming the public as to it’s existence to increase profits for their criminal corporate cronies.

Four major heat records fell in a stunning new climate report from NOAA on Thursday. The lower 48 states set temperature records for the warmest spring, largest seasonal departure from average, warmest year-to-date, and warmest 12-month period, all new marks since records began in 1895. While the globe has been tracking slightly cooler than recent years — thanks in part to the influence of now dissipated La Nina conditions in the tropical Pacific — the U.S. has been sizzling.

The average springtime temperature in the lower 48 was so far above the 1901-2000 average — 5.2°F, to be exact — that the country set a record for the largest temperature departure for any season on record since 1895.

Spring 2012 beat 1910, which had held the title for record warm spring, by a healthy margin of 2°F. No doubt much of this was driven by the massive heat wave that gripped the country during March, but unusual warmth continued during April and May, albeit not as intense. Such warming trends are consistent with both the influence of manmade global warming, particularly the prevalence of record warm nighttime temperatures, and natural variability has also favored warmer-than-average conditions so far this year. Studies show that as greenhouse gases continue to increase in the atmosphere, the odds of heat extremes are growing as well… [emphasis added]

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There’s little I can say that hasn’t been said before.  This is the only earth we have.  When it’s gone, so are we.  Republicans, who falsely claim that there is no problem, are playing Russian Roulette with the human race.