JMA’s number for December 2016

The monthly anomaly of the global average surface temperature in December 2016 (i.e. the average of the near-surface air temperature over land and the SST) was +0.33°C above the 1981-2010 average (+0.71°C above the 20th century average), and was the 2nd warmest since 1891. On a longer time scale, global average surface temperatures have risen at a rate of about 0.75°C per century.


Five Warmest Years (Anomalies)
1st. 2015 (+0.66°C), 2nd. 2016 (+0.33°C), 3rd. 2014 (+0.31°C), 4th. 2006,1997 (+0.28°C)

Conservative media can't stop denying there was no global warming 'pause'

Scientists have proven time and time again that global warming continues unabated. Most recently, a study published last week showed that over the past two decades, the oceans have warmed faster than prior estimates. This study affirmed the findings of a 2015 NOAA paper – not surprisingly attacked by deniers – that removed a cool bias in the data, finding there never was a global warming “pause.”

This particular myth has been a favorite of deniers over the past decade for one simple reason – if people can be convinced that global warming stopped, they won’t consider it a threat that we need to urgently address by cutting fossil fuel consumption. It’s thus become one of the most common myths peddled by carbon polluters and their allies.

The Escalator graphic (below): global surface temperature data since 1970 broken into seven “pauses”, with the long-term human-caused global warming trend shown at the end.


A list from Major Global Scientific Academies, Societies, and Associations - Statements on Climate Change

The number and scope of these statements is truly impressive. Not a single major scientific organization or national academy of science on earth denies that the climate is changing, that humans are responsible, and that some form of action should be taken to address the risks to people and the planet.