# Is global warming falsifiable? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 6, 2014, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-global-warming-falsifiable/687786 "2014-05-06T07:30:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 716
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-global-warming-falsifiable/687786/716 "2014-11-21T01:17:28Z")
This was debunked before, and it’s actually a good example of the blindness and belief that the alarmists lives in. > [@GIGObuster](#): > > [Warming Winters: U.S. Temperature Trends | Climate Central](http://www.climatecentral.org/news/winters-are-warming-all-across-the-us-15590) They call it a “report”, and claim > [@](#): > > While the U.S. as a whole has seen a warming trend that has raised annual average temperatures by 1.3°F over the past 100 years, warming varies seasonally, and it’s winter that has seen the fastest warming. This is a false claim, and it says something that nobody in any official capacity has taken them to task for publishing false claims. Hell, people use their “research” as if it’s true. It’s not, and it’s an example of why peer review is important. You, and I mean you, each individual reading this, can know if it’s true or not, in a minute or so. Of course if you are abosultely convinced it has to be true, the facts aren’t going to matter at all. But for anyone with a scientific view of things, it’s easy enough. Compare their graph of 1912-2012 with the [GISS winter trend 1912-2012](http://data.giss.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/gistemp/nmaps.cgi?sat=4&sst=0&type=trends&mean_gen=1203&year1=1912&year2=2012&base1=1951&base2=1980&radius=250&pol=rob) Their use of colors hides the reality, which is easy to see with the GISS graphic [GISS winter trend, 1912-1952](http://data.giss.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/gistemp/nmaps.cgi?sat=4&sst=0&type=trends&mean_gen=1203&year1=1912&year2=1952&base1=1951&base2=1980&radius=250&pol=rob) [GISS winter trend 1912- 1972](http://data.giss.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/gistemp/nmaps.cgi?sat=4&sst=0&type=trends&mean_gen=1203&year1=1912&year2=1972&base1=1951&base2=1980&radius=250&pol=rob) [GISS winter trend 1912-1995](http://data.giss.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/gistemp/nmaps.cgi?sat=4&sst=0&type=trends&mean_gen=1203&year1=1912&year2=1995&base1=1951&base2=1980&radius=250&pol=rob) now look at the [GISS winter trend for 1995-2014](http://data.giss.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/gistemp/nmaps.cgi?sat=4&sst=0&type=trends&mean_gen=1203&year1=1995&year2=2012&base1=1951&base2=1980&radius=250&pol=rob) I don’t expect a believer to be able to see it. But for anyone looking for the actual state of things, it’s pretty easy to see. Just how climatecentral fools gullible people is another topic. But this is an example of how global warming can never be falsified. Remember, the claim made is “While the U.S. as a whole has seen a warming trend that has raised annual average temperatures by 1.3°F over the past 100 years, warming varies seasonally, **and it’s winter that has seen the fastest warming**.” [Here’s summer 1915-2014](http://data.giss.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/gistemp/nmaps.cgi?sat=4&sst=0&type=trends&mean_gen=0603&year1=1915&year2=2014&base1=1951&base2=1980&radius=250&pol=rob) [Here’s winter 1915-2014](http://data.giss.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/gistemp/nmaps.cgi?sat=4&sst=0&type=trends&mean_gen=1203&year1=1915&year2=2014&base1=1951&base2=1980&radius=250&pol=rob) They lied. It’s not true. But the facts don’t matter, which is why nothing can ever matter, global warming isn’t scientific. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-global-warming-falsifiable/687786)._