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Warming Up: Scientists say last month was the warmest February since records began




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According to scientists last month was the warmest February since records began. The news comes after scientists found that the temperature of the lowest section of the atmosphere hit its highest level on record, making it considerably milder than usual.

Scientists at the University Of Alabama say the planet was 0.83 degrees Celsius warmer than the long-term average. According to lead scientist Roy Spencer the latest weather mapping reading is quiet remarkable, due to the fact that it rose almost 0.3 degrees from the warmest level in January which was recoded earlier this year.

The weather maps also show that land areas outside the tropics in the Northern Hemisphere were a “whopping” 1.46 degrees C above average, 0.5 degrees above any previous monthly anomaly.

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Spencer says the record-setting February reading represents an inconvenient data point for those that claim the Earth isn’t warming.
The weather expert further explains: “I’ve always cautioned fellow skeptics that it’s dangerous to claim no warming.” “There has been warming. The question is how much warming there’s been and how does that compare to what’s expected and what’s predicted.”

The new of February’s record-shattering satellite reading, is all the more remarkable given the fact that it is the highest in nearly 40 years of measurement.

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