February 27, 2010
Graph of the Day for February 27, 2010
"Khabibullo Abdusamatov expects a repeat of the period known as the Little Ice Age.... Abdusamatov and his colleagues at the Russian Academy of Sciences astronomical observatory said the prediction is based on measurement of solar emissions, Novosti reported. They expect the cooling to begin within a few years and to reach its peak between 2055 and 2060." Physorg.com, 2006.
"I also calculated the trend for the period 1995 to 2009. This trend (0.12C per decade) is positive, but not significant at the 95% significance level... The trend this time [Jan 2002 to present] is negative (-0.12C per decade), but this trend is not statistically significant..." Phil Jones, director of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia (UEA), 2010.
Source: Science & Public Policy Institute.
Hoven's Index for February 27, 2010
Year of record cold temperatures in New England: 2010
Year of record cold temperatures in Bulgaria: 2010
Year of record cold temperatures in Florida: 2010
Year of record cold temperatures in Belize: 2010
Year of record cold temperatures in Central Texas: 2010
Year of record cold temperatures in Scotland: 2010
Year of record cold temperatures in Cuba: 2010
Year of first-ever summer snow in parts of Australia: 2010
Year cold temperatures kill dozens in Europe: 2010
Sources: embedded with above.
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