[Phil153]

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According to the new data published by NASA, 1998 is no longer the hottest year ever. 1934 is.

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The finding is totally overblown. 1998 was 0.02 degrees hotter than 1934 before the correction. Now it's 0.01 degrees colder. This is versus a temperature anomaly in both years of around 1.25. Look at the changes listed in the blog. This is a very small correction, and doesn't at all invalidate the trend we've been seeing in the last 20 years.

That's not to say there isn't egg on the face NASA, but this doesn't invalidate global warming in any way. Particularly since other data, such as sea temperature, rate of glacial melting, temperature readings from numerous other countries, and so on, all point in the same direction.