September 26, 2006

NOW THAT'S WHAT WE CALL PROGRESS (via Tom Morin):

NASA Study Finds World Warmth Edging Ancient Levels (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Sep. 25, 2006)

A new study by NASA scientists finds that the world's temperature is reaching a level that has not been seen in thousands of years.

Temperatures go up. Temperatures go down.

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 26, 2006 5:05 PM
Comments

[...]The most important result found by these researchers is that the warming in recent decades has brought global temperature to a level within about one degree Celsius (1.8°F) of the maximum temperature of the past million years.

Thanks, OJ. I think a little Diet Coke squirted out my nose onto my keyboard. Best laugh so far this week. Priceless.

Posted by: John Resnick at September 26, 2006 6:02 PM

John, I learned the hard way never to eat or drink while visiting with the bros.

Posted by: erp at September 27, 2006 7:28 AM

It's Jim Hansen. 'Nuff said.

Posted by: BrianOfAtlanta at September 27, 2006 10:52 AM

That's odd. A study of temperatures in the Sargasso Sea over the last 5 thousand years released about a decade ago showed that the Sea's temperature was about 3 - 5 degrees (I don't recall precisely) below the AVERAGE temperature of the 5 thousand year period. This study shows the world temperature just slightly below the MAX temperature for the last million years. Something doesn't make sense here.

Posted by: bbb at September 27, 2006 4:20 PM
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