The Other Side

As a meteorologist/journalist, it is always important to look at both sides of every issue, including "Global Warming."

This blog simply presents another side to the previous blog, "Eye Into the Future."

This blog is not implying that our weather team believes Global Warming is/is not occuring, it is simplying posting direct quotes from an article found discussed on a weather forum.

All quotes and diagrams are taken directly from The Register: "Is the earth getting warmer, or cooler? A tale of two thermometers" by Steven Goddard. The article goes further into detail and can be found at this link: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/02/a_tale_of_two_thermometers/

"Two authorities provide us with analysis of long-term surface temperature trends. Both agree on the global temperature trend until 1998, at which time a sharp divergence occurred. The UK Meteorological Office's Hadley Center for Climate Studies Had-Crut data shows worldwide temperatures declining since 1998. According to Hadley's data, the earth is not much warmer now than it was than it was in 1878 or 1941. By contrast, NASA data shows worldwide temperatures increasing at a record pace - and nearly a full degree warmer than 1880."

Hadley's Data from April 2008


NASA's Data from April 2008



"The other two widely used global temperature data sources are from earth-orbiting satellites UAH (University of Alabama at Huntsville) and RSS (Remote Sensing Systems.)"








"Confusing? How can scientists who report measurements of the earth's temperature within one one-hundredth of a degree be unable to concur if the temperature is going up or down over a ten year period? Something appears to be inconsistent with the NASA data - but what is it?

One clue we can see is that NASA has been reworking recent temperatures upwards and older temperatures downwards - which creates a greater slope and the appearance of warming. Canadian statistician Steve McIntyre has been tracking the changes closely on his Climate Audit site, and reports that NASA is Rewriting History, Time and Time Again. The recent changes can be seen by comparing the NASA 1999 and 2007 US temperature graphs."