October 21, 2015

Science Just Proved That Donald Trump Is Totally Wrong

<a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Donald_Trump_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg/1024px-Donald_Trump_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg">Gage Skidmore</a>/Wikimedia Commons

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Donald Trump loves to tweet about how climate change is a hoax, especially when he personally feels cold. Because, you know, if global warming is really real, then it will never be cold anywhere ever again. (Just kidding. Winter is still a thing.)

He was at it again on Monday, tweeting that since it was “really cold outside,” we “could use a big fat dose of global warming!” Sick burn, Donald!

Indeed, it’s been kind of cold on the East Coast over the last week. But, Trump’s local weather report notwithstanding, 2015 is still on track to be the warmest year on record, globally. And today, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released data showing that this September was the hottest September on record (the records go back to 1880), following an August that also experienced record-breaking heat.

Here’s NOAA’s latest map, showing that in September, much of the globe had record or above-average temperatures:

NOAA

The dark red blob off the US West Coast is El Niño, which is continuing to strengthen and is expected to produce above-average rain and snowfall in California this winter (although probably not enough to end the state’s epic drought).

Sorry, Donald. I think we have a big enough dose of global warming already.

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