http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/
"July 2012: hottest month on record for contiguous United States
Drought expands to cover nearly 63% of the Lower 48; wildfires consume 2 million acres
The average temperature for the contiguous U.S. during July was 77.6°F, 3.3°F above the 20th century average, marking the hottest July and the hottest month on record for the nation. The previous warmest July for the nation was July 1936 when the average U.S. temperature was 77.4°F. The warm July temperatures contributed to a record-warm first seven months of the year and the warmest 12-month period the nation has experienced since recordkeeping began in 1895."
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This is how the long-term temperature trend in the Continental USA looks to satellites carrying Microwave Sounding Units.
(Please click on the graph to enlarge it.)
The Continental USA is currently warming about 4 degrees F per century.
oh, goody. not just more deserts and more storms and less arable land but more disease, too!
Just kidding. I actually completely agree with you. Many of us in the US are working to bring that about. Sadly there are many nut job deniers locking progress, but we will continue to fight to do what is right.
Food production is a big part of CO2 pollution but I think that should be the the last resort. There's other things to do first I think. We've all got to eat after all. New Zealand feeds the world so you'll have to forgive our farting sheep and cows for now. Our electricity is about 80% hydro and wind and geothermal so. . . there's that .
Is it getting hotter in here? It's not just your imagination: The federal government reported this week that July was the hottest month ever recorded in the contiguous United States. This July-to-July period is also the warmest 12 months ever seen in records dating back to 1895. Adding insult to injury -- nearly 63 percent of the lower 48 states is in the grip of drought and, during July, more than 2 million acres have burned, roughly a half-million acres more than average.
Seems like a good time for the United States to finally take climate change seriously. We can save the planet from runaway climate catastrophe, but only if we act fast. A good place to start: fully utilizing the Clean Air Act to finally bring carbon emissions under control. And if we do nothing? Well, these extreme temperatures will become the norm.
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/
"July 2012: hottest month on record for contiguous United States
Drought expands to cover nearly 63% of the Lower 48; wildfires consume 2 million acres
The average temperature for the contiguous U.S. during July was 77.6°F, 3.3°F above the 20th century average, marking the hottest July and the hottest month on record for the nation. The previous warmest July for the nation was July 1936 when the average U.S. temperature was 77.4°F. The warm July temperatures contributed to a record-warm first seven months of the year and the warmest 12-month period the nation has experienced since recordkeeping began in 1895."
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This is how the long-term temperature trend in the Continental USA looks to satellites carrying Microwave Sounding Units.
(Please click on the graph to enlarge it.)
The Continental USA is currently warming about 4 degrees F per century.
"Snicker"