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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Topic started by: rangerrebew on August 17, 2019, 03:49:37 pm
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Greenland’s ‘Record Temperature’ denied – the data was wrong
Anthony Watts / 5 days ago August 12, 2019
From the “But, but, wait! Our algorithms can adjust for that!†department comes this tale of alarmist woe. Greenland’s all-time record temperature wasn’t a record at all, and it never got above freezing there.
First, the wailing from news media:
NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/climate/european-heatwave-climate-change.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/climate/european-heatwave-climate-change.html)
WAPO: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/06/10/greenland-witnessed-its-highest-june-temperature-ever-recorded-on-thursday/ (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/06/10/greenland-witnessed-its-highest-june-temperature-ever-recorded-on-thursday/)
Climate Progress: https://thinkprogress.org/greenland-hits-record-75-f-sets-melt-record-as-globe-aims-at-hottest-year-e34e534e533e/ (https://thinkprogress.org/greenland-hits-record-75-f-sets-melt-record-as-globe-aims-at-hottest-year-e34e534e533e/)
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2019/08/12/greenlands-record-temperature-denied-the-data-was-wrong/ (https://wattsupwiththat.com/2019/08/12/greenlands-record-temperature-denied-the-data-was-wrong/)