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Scientists caught off-guard by record temperatures linked to climate change
Topic Started: Jul 27 2016, 08:58 AM (146 Views)
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Technology | Tue Jul 26, 2016 9:42am EDT

BY ZOE TABARY

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Record temperatures in the first half of 2016 have taken scientists by surprise despite widespread recognition that extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and intense, the director of the World Climate Research Program said.

The earth is on track for its hottest year on record with June marking the 14th straight month of record heat, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said last week.

Temperatures recorded mainly in the northern hemisphere in the first six months of the year, coupled with an early and fast Arctic sea ice melt and "new highs" in heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels, point to quickening climate change, it said.

In a further announcement on Tuesday, the U.N. agency said it would examine whether a temperature of 54 degrees Celsius (129 degrees Fahrenheit) reported in Kuwait last Thursday was a new high for the eastern hemisphere and Asia.
Reuters
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Every intelligent American knows that climate change is a hoax perpetrated by sandal-wearing hippies. Fossil fuels are good for the environment and provide millions of tons of free fertilizer for farmers around the world. After all, if God didn't want us to burn oil, He wouldn't have put so much of it in Texas.
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