Frankfooter seems to be determined to start debates about the IPCC's predictions about global temperatures. Since he's so determined to debate this point, let' compare what he said about the IPCC's predictions against the current data.
Back in 2015, I said the IPCC's doomsday warning that the Earth's temperature could increase by almost 6ºC this century (https://bit.ly/3GsyinL) was total bullshit.
In response, Frankfooter said that was an "upper range" worst-case scenario and the IPCC's most likely prediction was 4ºC over the century or 1ºC per quarter-century.
Given that we're getting near the end of the first quarter, let's see how that prediction stands.
Here's NASA's data of temperature anomalies. Ignoring the El Nino and La Nina weather phenomena at the turn of the century, NASA's data show a temperature increase from 2001 to 2021 of about 0.3ºC so far.
That's a mere one-third of where Frankfooter said we would be in just a few years' time.
If Frankfooter stands by what he posted six years ago, it means we're agreed the IPCC's predictions have been spectacularly wrong.
Back in 2015, I said the IPCC's doomsday warning that the Earth's temperature could increase by almost 6ºC this century (https://bit.ly/3GsyinL) was total bullshit.
In response, Frankfooter said that was an "upper range" worst-case scenario and the IPCC's most likely prediction was 4ºC over the century or 1ºC per quarter-century.
And with this being about 25 years from this prediction, 5.8ºC being the upper range of the IPCC projections (with 4ºC being the median of the worst case projection), and the temperature having gone up 1ºC, this makes the predictions once again look accurate and possibly accurate for their worst case scenario.
1ºC = 1/4 of 4ºC (median worst case scenario).
25 years (1990-2015) = 1/4 of the 100 year projection timeline.
Given that we're getting near the end of the first quarter, let's see how that prediction stands.
Here's NASA's data of temperature anomalies. Ignoring the El Nino and La Nina weather phenomena at the turn of the century, NASA's data show a temperature increase from 2001 to 2021 of about 0.3ºC so far.
Global Surface Temperature | NASA Global Climate Change
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That's a mere one-third of where Frankfooter said we would be in just a few years' time.
If Frankfooter stands by what he posted six years ago, it means we're agreed the IPCC's predictions have been spectacularly wrong.