Global warming is for real – 2014 was hottest year since records began to be kept 1880

#globalwarming #climatechange #NOAA #NASA It is now a fact that global warming is no figment of the imagination but is for real and it would be a mistake to ignore it and its implications. US scientists have claimed that 2014 was the hottest year ever since 1880 when records have begun to be maintained.
It has been revealed that temperatures across the world averaged 0.8°C (1.4°F) above 20th century averages – thus, 2014 has become the warmest year in records dating back 134 years. In UK, the Met Office has already announced that 2014 was the hottest year for the UK since 1910 when records have started to be kept.
Several agencies have confirmed this trend. NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) scientists have released data that indicates that 2014 is the warmest on record. This has been endorsed by NASA scientists who claim that their analysis of surface temperature measurements suggests the long-term warming of the planet.
NOAA scientists have concluded that from 1880 onwards, the average surface temperature of planet Earth has warmed by about 0.8°C (1.4°F) over the 20th century average. This, in their opinion, was due to increase in carbon dioxide, apart from other man-made emissions into the atmosphere. And - the greater part of this global warming has taken place within the past three decades.
As Bob Ward, policy director of the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics, has remarked – the latest findings completely exposes the myth that global warming has stopped and politicians cannot overlook the scientific evidence and insist that global warming is a hoax.

Cutting CO2 emissions the New Zealand way

#CO2emissions New Zealand is working out a method to cut carbon dioxide emissions by creating new short-cut flight paths over Auckland – the intention is to not just reducing CO2 emissions but also to burn less fuel and fly more quietly.
Two of Auckland Airport's smart flight paths that make use of satellite-based navigation approaching Auckland from the north and a third from the south will be used from mid-2015.
The satellite guided flight approaches is a joint project between the Auckland Airport, Airways New Zealand and the Board of Airline Representatives and have been altered following feedback from concerned residents earlier this year.
The residents argued that the aircraft were flying too low and were too noisy as they flew over Epsom, Royal Oak, One Tree Hill and Onehunga before landing at the airport. These routes had been tested out between November 2012 and October 2013.
In order to counter the objections, some flight paths had been made higher in places and the curves of the approaches had been widened – as a result, aircraft would not be required to reduce the thrust and speed brakes which would reduce noise levels. In the opinion of BARNZ, the satellite guidance enabled aircraft to fly a gentler, steadier, curved flight path.
The advantages of the new method, which is in-line with international practices allows the aircraft engines to run at close to idle – this economizes on the fuel burn and, simultaneously, cuts down carbon dioxide emissions.