If you include the British Admiralty records, then they go back to the late 1600's, ship captains were supposed to record temperatures etc at least once a day.
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > We have data going back more than 130 years. We don't have detailed > data going back farther than that. But even if you include things like > ice core samples, carbon concentrations (the absorption of various > chemicals differs based on temperature) and such, the headline would > still be incorrect. There are certainly warmer times in the past. > Amongst other things, I'm quite sure that it was warmer when the > planet had not cooled down enough to really form rock and water. > > That being said, it was just sloppy writing. "Last decade is warmest > since record keeping began" would certainly be better. > > Solar minimalists be damned (I'm looking at you Robert), it was still > hotter than the previous decade which was hotter than the decade > before, etc. > > But yeah, not a good headline or introduction. > > Judah > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/science/01/22/nasa.warmest.decade.data/index.html >> >> How the last decade can be declared 'the warmest ever on Earth' when >> we only have data dating back 130 years? >> >> This is the kind of bullshit hyperbole in the media that burns my ass. >> I hate that shit. >> >> -- >> Scott Stroz >> --------------- >> The DOM is retarded. >> >> http://xkcd.com/386/ >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:311044 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
