Change in surface temperature from 1880 to 2014.
Nick Visser reports
The Planet Just Had Its Warmest August On Record. The database goes back to 1881.
This past August was the warmest since records began in 1881, according to new data released by NASA. The latest readings continue a series of record or near-record breaking months. May of this year was also the warmest in recorded history.
Dr. Gavin Schmidt, a climatologist and climate modeler at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, told The Huffington Post that while the agency's data does indicate that this August was the hottest on record, the difference falls within a few hundredths of a degree compared with previous Augusts.
Schmidt cautioned against focusing on any one month or year, but instead on the fact that "the long-term trends are toward warming." A very hot August, he said, is just one piece of the data that "point[s] towards the long-term trends."
The long-term trend is consistent with the other warnings we've been receiving about global warming. May was also the hottest on record and the other recent months have all been close to their record hottest.
Evidence is clear that we must take more significant action to limit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions "sooner than seems possible" by our way of thinking so far.
Please consider attending or supporting the People's Climate March, which is New York City, Sunday, September 21
Here is some information being run by our UN Climate Summit group.
Have you signed up yet to participate in the Peoples' Climate March? The September 21 March is being held two days before the UN Climate Summit, where government and corporate leaders will convene to discuss taking action to address climate change.
Tens of thousands are expected to march in New York City and over 700 groups and organizations are participating.
Let's make September a game-changer for the climate movement. Sign up now for a bus, train, or ride shares (or volunteer transport.) Individuals, campuses, churches and organizations are registering to host marchers.
Sign up here!!! -- People's Climate March