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Scoop: NZ cooler in 2008 than 141 years ago

Global warming rejected – New Zealand cooler in 2008 than 141 years ago

New Zealand’s national average temperature of 12.9 degrees C during 2008, described by NIWA as ‘milder than normal” was in fact cooler than it was 141 years ago, this, and worldwide drop in temperatures since 1998, demonstrate that claims of man-made global warming have lost touch with reality. This today from Bryan Leyland, of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition, commenting on the news release by NIWA about last year’s temperature.

“More to the point, this cooler temperature has occurred at a time when carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, at 385 parts per million, are a third higher than the 1867 level of 290 ppm when the annual national temperature was officially recorded as 13.1 degrees C (55.7 degrees F), - 0.2 deg warmer than this year??” says Mr Leyland. “This is yet more evidence that there is little justification for alarmist claims that carbon dioxide emissions will cause catastrophic warming as alleged by so many alarmists.”