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In the long run it means little (this single data point, I mean) - after all, it was almost as warm in 1910...

• rsanchez1 15y ago
  I wonder if people back then also ran around saying the sky is falling. It's not like the people in 1910 did anything to stop global warming. They continued industrialization worldwide and ended up on the other temperature maximum of the past 100 years. It's characteristic of any cyclic process.
  • redwood 15y ago
    Some would have you believe that we should have stopped burning fossil fuels in 1910 to avoid all the emissions over the next century. Did the gains of 100 years of machines outweigh the effect on climate? that's the question.
    • samiru 15y ago
      Yes.
• basman 15y ago
  What about the fact that 13 of the warmest years on record happened in the last 15 years?