Global warming 1 degree temperature increase?

Since the beginning of temp records, the average rise has only been 6/10ths of a degree. Now if Al Gore would shut up, park his private plane, and get a smaller house, that temp should go back down.

(A word of wisdom that has nothing to do with your question: never press Ctrl+z while writing an answer, because it erases all of your hard work. I just did that, and now I have to start over. Don't ask.)

Anyways, to the point. The one-degree increase that we have seen is derived from a measurement of the yearly average of each temperature taken from the weather stations scattered across the globe. So in a century, from year to year, the "global average temperature" has increased by one degree.

NOTE: We cannot really count on this measurement,to be an accurate representation of the true average global temperature, because these stations are rather unevenly scattered. In order for this number to be precise, the best thing to do would to measure the temperature of EVERY SPOT on the earth, but of course this is unrealistic. They should at least make sure that the temperature stations are evenly spaced from one another.

Look at it this way: From 1990 to 2000, the number of operating temperature stations dropped from 12,000 to a mere 6,000, or by HALF. At the same time, the measured global temperature spiked from 9.5 degrees C to 12.5 degrees C in 2000. Remember that a degree in Celcius is much larger a span than a degree in Farenheit. Many of the temperature stations that were lost were, significantly, in cold areas such as Siberia.

So basically, if there are fewer measurements from stations in cold areas, then the average will go up.

Now, this doesn't exactly PROVE that global warming is a big hoax, but it's really suspicious, isn't it?

When you say "global warming" do you mean what we as a species has done to the ecosystem, or do you mean the natural cycle of the planet. They're two different things. We as a species have helped speed up the natural process, but we are not totally and completely responsible for what is happening. Yes, the temperature is rising. Yes the ice caps are melting (in certain areas). However, the centers of the ice caps are becoming thicker (depending on who you talk to). Should we be worried? I doubt it. Should we invest in renewable energy sources? Of course. Should we protect the environment from all the harm we've caused? Of course. Is the world going to end in a giant catastrophic flood, causing famine, plague, and death everywhere? I doubt it. At least, not in our lifetimes.

About .1 degree per decade. Of course we must take into consideration that we began measuring temperature during one of the coldest periods in history. The fact that the temp rose by .6 to 1 degree is expected as we left the last mini ice age. Actually, most of this warming took place prior to 1950. Hence, many people's questioning the truth of global warming.

Right on largecar. Quit harping on those that squeeze by and maybe if lucky ooze out a paltry retirement. Go bag the big fish especially the hypocrits like Algore and Leoneto De Crapio.

Actually the 1 degree is well within the norm according to what can be had in paleoclimatolgy records back to the last ice age.

Put it in perspective. It would take the energy of hundreds of nuclear weapons to increase the average surface temperature of the Earth by a single degree.

Not only does bull manure contribute to global warming but breathing does too! So if Al Gore would stop talking then both of the problems above would end the FRIGHTENING HALF DEGREE RISE IN TEMPERATURE ON AVERAGE. This is a cycle and what happens in nature happens. If polar bears die out or humans even, it's not our place to call it good or bad. Everything dies anyway and this will take a century at worst so why are we so concerned now. It's not like New Yorkers will awake to find they almost drowned. We'll have plenty of time to get them out of the danger zone.

yearly increase...temperature goes up one degree and it is a lot because when the ige age came the degree went 4 below the average

In all reality, it is tough to get an accurate reading on the global temperature. There are too many variances to come up with a real temperature.

The number you're quoting is the total change in the average global temperature over the past century. Over the past 30 years, the planet has warmed about 0.5°C.

It is THE TOTAL CHANGE. It's not change per anything. It's change per century or per 30 years or whatever length of time you're looking at.

It's based on a 5-year running average because year-to-year variations are random and unimportant. You can see pretty clearly in the graph below. There's a blue point for each year. The black line connects year-to-year, and the red line is a 5-year average.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Instrumental_Te...

1 degree per year would be a massive change. 1 degree per 30 years is a massive change. At the end of the last ice age, the planet warmed about 7°C and took thousands of years to do it. We're currently warming at a rate more than 20 times faster than when the planet naturally comes out of an ice age.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ice_Age_Tempera...

Seemingly small changes in the average global temperature have huge effects on the global climate.