Oh come on! "Hottest year ever recorded"? That's only because they've only been keeping records for what, 150 years? The Earth is 4.5 BILLION years old! You're telling me that 150 years of data proves anything? Plus, I was in Ohio this winter and it was FREEZING! We had record cold temperatures. If global warming is real, why was it so cold? The weather changes all the time - that's just how it works. And who's to say these temperature records aren't manipulated? I've heard that they adjust the data all the time to make it look like it's getting warmer. They put temperature stations near parking lots and air conditioners to artificially inflate the readings.
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Tom, let me address your concerns about temperature records and data quality:
**On the 150-year record**: You're right that instrumental records only go back about 150 years, but that's actually sufficient to detect the current warming trend. More importantly, we have proxy data (ice cores, tree rings, ocean sediments) that go back thousands of years, and they all show that current warming is unprecedented in at least the last 2,000 years.
**On your cold winter in Ohio**: This is a classic confusion between weather and climate. Weather is what happens day-to-day; climate is the long-term average. A cold winter in one location doesn't disprove global warming any more than a hot day disproves global cooling. The key is the global average over decades.
**On data manipulation**: The claim about temperature stations near parking lots is a myth. Temperature data is carefully quality-controlled, and stations near heat sources are either moved or their data is adjusted. Multiple independent teams (NASA, NOAA, Berkeley Earth, UK Met Office) have analyzed the data and found the same warming trend, even when using different methods and data sources.
The warming trend is clear: the last 10 years have been the warmest on record, and 2023 was the hottest year ever recorded. This isn't just a few hot days - it's a consistent, long-term pattern that matches what climate models predicted decades ago.
Sources: NASA GISS, NOAA NCEI, Berkeley Earth, peer-reviewed studies on temperature data quality.