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> Air-temperature data from 2000 to 2014 show that parts of the Arctic are now 3 deg C warmer as compared to the 1971-2000 baseline. 29 years constitutes a bas
by alphapapa 9y ago
> Air-temperature data from 2000 to 2014 show that parts of the Arctic are now 3 deg C warmer as compared to the 1971-2000 baseline.
29 years constitutes a baseline.
- wheelerwj 9y agodo you have another preferred baseline for air temperature data?
- mikeash 9y agoYou have to put zero somewhere. "Baseline" does not imply normality or desirability.
- alphapapa 9y ago> "Baseline" does not imply normality or desirability. I agree with you that it does not. However, the article (and climate reporting in general) implies that it does.
- nickjarboe 9y agoThe records before comprehensive satellite measurements are not very useful to determine a baseline.
- alphapapa 9y agoI agree, they are not. The question remains, how 29 years can constitute a baseline from which to claim that the arctic is "unraveling."