2011 was another hot year. The 10th hottest on record actually. According to a report published on Skepticalscience.com, while many places on the planet were a bit cooler due to La Nina, the overall global temperature continued to be hot. The report also tears apart a scientific prediction put forth by a climate skeptic three years ago that the planet would cool due to La Niña.
This is another piece of evidence that should tell us, the general public, that global warming in separate from local weather. While global warming does bring about climate change which can affect local weather habits, even to the extreme, it is in reference to global average temperature increasing. Many skeptics of global warming point to local weather as proof that it is all a "hoax". However, the science is in the planetary average, hence, global warming. It is important to point this out if you happen to find yourself in a conversation with an "unbeliever." This is scientific data that has been gathered again and again. Are we really going to discount it?
This is another piece of evidence that should tell us, the general public, that global warming in separate from local weather. While global warming does bring about climate change which can affect local weather habits, even to the extreme, it is in reference to global average temperature increasing. Many skeptics of global warming point to local weather as proof that it is all a "hoax". However, the science is in the planetary average, hence, global warming. It is important to point this out if you happen to find yourself in a conversation with an "unbeliever." This is scientific data that has been gathered again and again. Are we really going to discount it?
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