{"id":272864,"date":"2023-08-11T18:31:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T16:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=272864"},"modified":"2023-08-11T18:31:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T16:31:53","slug":"climate-fact-check-july-2023-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=272864","title":{"rendered":"Climate Fact-Check July 2023 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From ClimateRealism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0Steve Milloy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Guest Post by: The Competitive Enterprise Institute, The Heartland Institute, the Energy & Environmental Legal Institute, the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, and the International Climate Science Coalition, and Truth in Energy and Climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editor\u2019s note: This summary serves as a fact check on the biggest false claims made in the media in July, 2023.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The media is calling July 2023 the \u201chottest month on record\u201d and even the \u201chottest month in the history of civilization.\u201d Keeping in mind that July is typically the warmest month of every year, NASA satellite data indicate that July 2023 was the warmest July in the satellite record. But that record only dates back to 1979 and there certainly were Julys before 1979.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of monthly temperature anomalies (temperature differences relative to a common baseline used to evaluate the notion of emissions-driven \u201cglobal warming\u201d), February 2016 had a greater anomaly than July 2023. March 2016 had the same anomaly and April 1998 was only an unmeasurable 0.02\u00b0C lower (see graph, below, and\u00a0data<\/a>). So February-March 2016 and April 1998 are not really endorsements of the hypothesis that every emission warms the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Recalling that average global temperature is on the order of 58\u00b0F, use of the term \u201chottest\u201d is obviously quite an exaggeration. Finally, the notion of \u201caverage global temperature\u201d is\u00a0not really meaningful<\/a>\u00a0in the first place. It has no physical reality, and its component satellite and surface station temperature measurements lack precision to a significant degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notwithstanding the above, was July 2023 the \u201chottest month in the history of civilization\u201d? We will address that after you check out the 10 climate fact checks for July 2023 presented below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Links:\u00a0The Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0article<\/a>,\u00a0Climate Reanalyzer<\/a>,\u00a0Temperature.global data<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Links:\u00a0Climate Reanalyzer<\/a>,\u00a0Climate Realism<\/em>\u00a0post<\/a>,\u00a0Temperature.global data<\/a>,\u00a0Associated Press article.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Links:\u00a0<\/span>The New York Times<\/em>\u00a0article<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Met Office<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Climate Realism<\/em>\u00a0post<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Links:\u00a0Associated Press article<\/a>,\u00a0Arizona State Climate Twitter post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Links:\u00a0The Washington Post<\/em><\/a>\u00a0article,\u00a0Real Climate Science<\/a>\u00a0post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Links:\u00a0<\/span>The Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0article<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Links:\u00a0Associated Press article<\/a>,\u00a0Fort Myers News-Press article<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Links:\u00a0USA Today<\/em>\u00a0article<\/a>,\u00a0The Lancet Planetary Health<\/a>,\u00a0Climate Realism<\/em>\u00a0post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Links:\u00a0The Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0article.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Links:\u00a0The Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0article<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So was July 2023 the \u201chottest month in the history of civilization\u201d? Consider the following.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

July\u2019s warm temperature was skewed by the strong, short-term spike in Antarctic temperatures highlighted below. Such a short-term pike in temperatures is not indicative of a long-term climate trend, but rather anomalous, localized factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That heat wave was only detected and factored into average global temperature because of satellite coverage of the globe. But satellite coverage didn\u2019t begin until 1979. So similar heat waves that may have occurred before 1979 would be unknown and not factored into average global temperature calculations. So it is not possible to claim that July 2023 was the \u201chottest month in the history of civilization\u201d because such data does not exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, it is important to recall that the basis of climate alarm is that emissions of greenhouse gases drive global warming. We believe recent warming has been driven by the series of El Nino events since 1980, not emissions. July\u2019s warm temperatures do not alter this view as, in fact, a new El Nino seems to have started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until next month\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reposted from JunkScience.com, to read the original PDF, click\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Steve Milloy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/junkscience.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve Milloy is a recognized leader in the fight against junk science with more than 25 years of accomplishment and experience. He is the founder of JunkScience.com and a policy advisor to The Heartland Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The media is calling July 2023 the \u201chottest month on record\u201d and even the \u201chottest month in the history of civilization.\u201d Keeping in mind that July is typically the warmest month of every year, NASA satellite data indicate that July 2023 was the warmest July in the satellite record. 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