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Search results for "Global ocean sea surface temperatures have surged to the highest on record for this time of year"

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Derrick Crowe stated on June 03, 2017 in as quoted in an Austin American-Statesman news story:
Says each of the past three years "has been the hottest on record."
By W. Gardner Selby• June 15, 2017
Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 17, 2014 in a Senate floor speech:
"January through November 2014, the year so far, were the hottest first 11 months of any year recorded."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• January 12, 2015
Barry Smitherman stated on November 17, 2013 in :
"The Earth is not warming."
By W. Gardner Selby• December 13, 2013
Ted Cruz stated on March 17, 2015 in an interview on "Late Night with Seth Meyers":
"Many of the alarmists on global warming, they’ve got a problem because the science doesn’t back them up. In particular, satellite data demonstrate for the last 17 years, there’s been zero warming."
By Lauren Carroll• March 20, 2015
Mo Brooks stated on May 16, 2018 in a congressional hearing:
"You’re going to have an increase in the amount of ice in Antarctica because of global warming."
By Louis Jacobson• May 21, 2018
Barack Obama stated on February 12, 2013 in the State of the Union Address:
"The 12 hottest years on record have come in the last 15 years."
By Louis Jacobson, Katie Sanders• February 15, 2013
James Inhofe stated on December 07, 2009 in CNN's 'The Situation Room':
The Climatic Research Unit e-mails show that the science behind climate change "has been pretty well debunked."
By Catharine Richert• December 12, 2009
Jim Spencer stated on June 18, 2018 in a news blog post:
Says May 2018 marked the 401st straight month of global temperatures exceeding the 20th century average.
By W. Gardner Selby• June 20, 2018
Patrick Moore stated on March 11, 2014 in an interview on 'Hannity':
Earth "has not warmed for the last 17 years."
By Katie Sanders• March 17, 2014
Facebook posts stated on July 10, 2021 in a post:
Carbon dioxide “is not a problem. The Earth has more than enough land and ocean plant life to metabolize it.”
By Monique Curet• July 15, 2021
Marco Rubio stated on May 20, 2014 in an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly:
Surface temperatures on Earth "have stabilized."
By Louis Jacobson• May 27, 2014
Brian Schatz stated on July 24, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
"For several days in July of 2012, Greenland surface ice cover melted more than at any time in 30 years of satellite observation. During that month, an estimated 97% of the ice sheet thawed."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• August 5, 2013
Ron Johnson stated on August 01, 2016 in an interview:
"The climate hasn't warmed in quite a few years. That is proven scientifically."  
By Tom Kertscher• August 12, 2016
Al Gore stated on June 11, 2013 in a keynote address:
The ocean is now "much more acidic . . . than it has been for many millions of years."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• July 22, 2013
Rush Limbaugh stated on January 06, 2014 in comments on his radio show:
Says the media created the term "polar vortex" and the cold air proves "the ice isn’t melting."
By Katie Sanders• January 8, 2014
Steve Goreham stated on August 05, 2013 in a commentary in The Providence Journal:
"Global surface temperatures have been flat for 16 years."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• August 25, 2013
Lenar Whitney stated on June 25, 2014 in a YouTube video:
"Global warming is a hoax."
By Lauren Carroll• August 1, 2014
Jill Stein stated on October 17, 2016 in a forum at Huston-Tillotson University:
Says climate scientist James Hansen says "we have until perhaps 50 years from now," or maybe a little longer "and at that point, we are looking at 10, 20, 30 feet of sea-level rise."
By Dylan Baddour• November 23, 2016
Rush Limbaugh stated on October 05, 2016 in a radio show broadcast:
Says "11 straight years of no major hurricanes striking land" in the United States "bores a hole right through the whole climate change argument."  
By Allison Graves• October 7, 2016
Rush Holt stated on July 22, 2013 in a campaign ad:
"Every single month since 1985 has been warmer than the historic average. All 12 of the warmest years on record have come in the last 15 years."
By Bill Wichert• July 28, 2013

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