Jovial Monk wrote on Aug 27^th, 2017 at 8:04pm:


Yes. Your paper mentions CO2 at 364ppm (30% above pre-industrial levels) you didn't include that.

I do not need to watch a proven liar and bullshit artist spinning lies for $$$, thank you Bobby.

2016: a record in surface temperatures and in CO2 concentration

The activities of human beings are increasing their impact in the planet year after year. In 2016, the annual global surface temperature increased for third year in a row, becoming the hottest year in recorded history – for now.

And why should that matter to us? Because it means ice melting, sea levels rising, freshwater shortages for agricultural productivity and lack of food, which will arise more conflicts and emigration. We may survive to a temperature increase, but that’s useless if we don’t have enough food and water.

As the map below shows, in most of the planet regions, the 2016 average temperature was between 2-4 ºF higher than the average from the period 1981-2010.

Moreover, year 2016 has registered the largest annual raise of global atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). From 2015 to 2016 this value increased by 3.5 ppm, surpassing the boundary of 400 ppm for the first time ever: 402.9 ppm.

Besides the global surface temperatures, the sea level also rose to a record: it increased for sixth year in a row, being 3.25 inches (83 mm) higher than it was in 1993. But the alarming statistics of the State of the Climate 2016 are on the Arctic surface temperatures, both in land and sea.

The average land surface temperature at the Arctic was 3.6°F (2.0°C) above the 1981-2010 average, while in other regions at sea this increase was much higher. In August 2016, regions of the Chukchi Sea and the west of Greenland showed an increase of 13 to 14 ºF (7 to 8ºC) above 1981-2010 average. However, that is still below the extraordinary register in the Barents Sea during the same month: 20 ºF (11ºC) above average. In fact, the rate of warming in the Arctic is twice the rate of the world average, and that is originating serious consequences for the rest of the planet.

Does it matter? You know the poles are warming faster than the rest of the globe because albedo change added to AGW.

You going blind? Serious question!

Nope, tide gauge data and satellite data both point to increasing sea levels.

The tide gauge data picked the acceleration of sea levels from the Greenland melt.

Abstract

Global temperature is rapidly approaching the 1.5°C Paris target. In the absence of external cooling influences, such as volcanic eruptions, temperature projections are centered on a breaching of the 1.5°C target, relative to 1850–1900, before 2029. The phase of the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO) will regulate the rate at which mean temperature approaches the 1.5°C level. A transition to the positive phase of the IPO would lead to a projected exceedance of the target centered around 2026. If the Pacific Ocean remains in its negative decadal phase, the target will be reached around 5 years later, in 2031. Given the temporary slowdown in global warming between 2000 and 2014, and recent initialized decadal predictions suggestive of a turnaround in the IPO, a sustained period of rapid temperature rise might be underway. In that case, the world will reach the 1.5°C level of warming several years sooner than if the negative IPO phase persists.