Below is how Scientific American started a report on the global climate for October in an article by Jeff Masters published on Nov. 18.
interesting how the following term was used, “This near-record global warmth in 2019.” This suggests to me that global warming continues, insofaras i contend rising temperatures are synonymous with warming.
”October 2019 was the planet's second warmest October since record keeping began in 1880, said NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) on November 18. NASA also rated October 2019 as the second warmest October on record, a scant 0.05°C behind the record-setting October of 2015.
”Global ocean temperatures during October 2019 were the second warmest on record, according to NOAA, and global land temperatures were also the second warmest on record.
” Global satellite-measured temperatures in October 2019 for the lowest 8 km of the atmosphere were the second or third warmest in the 42-year record, according to the University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH) and RSS, respectively.
”January through October year-to-date period was the second warmest on record globally, just 0.09°C behind 2016, according to NOAA. Their global annual temperature ranking outlook indicated that it is virtually certain that 2019 will end among the top five warmest years in Earth’s history (and virtually certain that it will not be the warmest year on record).
”This means that the six warmest years on record globally since 1880 will end up being the last six years—2014 through 2019—with the peak occurring during the strong El Niño year of 2016. NOAA gave an 86% chance that 2019 would be the second warmest year on record, behind 2016. Many regions of the globe are on pace to have their warmest year on record, including Southeast Asia, southern Africa, and portions of Mexico, Alaska, Europe, and Australia.
”This near-record global warmth in 2019 is all the more remarkable since it is occurring during the minimum of the weakest solar cycle in 100+ years, and during a year when a strong El Niño has not been present (though a weak El Niño was present in the first half of 2019, ending in July).
” Record-warm global temperatures typically occur during strong El Niño events, and when the solar cycle is near its maximum. The near-record warmth of 2019 is thus a testament to how greatly human-caused global warming is impacting the planet.”
jopo, the Scientific American article contains a host of information that you may choose to validate if you or your people have time. For mine, none of it suggests Earth’s surface is in any way cooling.
among other items cited, SA reported “MAJOR WEATHER STATIONS THAT SET (NOT TIED) ALL-TIME HEAT OR COLD RECORDS IN OCTOBER 2019. Among global stations with a period of record of at least 40 years tracked by Maximiliano Herrera, 12 set new all-time heat records in October. There were no stations that set all-time cold records.”
SA also said that “according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, From the period October 31 – November 17, though, sea ice extent was the 2nd or 3rd lowest on record, behind the record-setting years of 2016 and 2012.”
