Based on source data collected by government agencies, headed by people appointed by President Obama, a stunning amount of publicly available climate information has been ignored or barely mentioned by most media sources who seem to think it is NOT important for you to know:
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(1) 2014 had the greatest snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere since data collection began in 1968 (Rutgers University Global Snow Lab).
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(2) 2014 had the greatest Southern Hemisphere sea ice extent (area) on record.
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(3) 2014 had Northern Hemisphere sea ice extent (area) rebound back to a normal level.
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(4) About 75% of the 48 contiguous US states had their hottest years on record BEFORE 1955. Only one US state had its hottest year on record AFTER the year 2000.
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(5) Over 50% of the 48 contiguous US states had their COLDEST year on record AFTER 1940.
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(6) US / Canada Great Lakes ice in 2014 set three cold weather records (the greatest ice extent (area) on record in early 2014, the longest ice duration on record in early 2014, and the earliest ice formation on record in late 2014).
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(7) 2014 had the fewest number on record of US land-based temperature stations that reached 90 degrees F. or warmer at any time during the year.
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(8) 2014 average annual US temperature for the 48 contiguous states, according to NOAA, was only the 33rd warmest year since 1895 -- 2.7 degrees F. below the record high.
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(9) 2014 average annual US temperature for the 48 contiguous states, according to Berkeley Earth, was only the 38th warmest year since 1850.
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(10) 2014 average annual US temperature was the 4th coldest year in the past 17 years, according to NOAA.
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(11) ALL measurement methodologies used in the world have reflected a flat average temperature trend for at least the past 12 years.
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There are no exceptions.
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Many Americans lived through an unusually cold year in 2014, yet have no skepticism when told in January 2015 that 2014 was the hottest year for Earth on record.
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And most Canadians exhibit no skepticism either:
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(12) 2014 was the coldest Canadian year since 1996, according to Environment Canada.
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The huge number of important climate facts never mentioned in mainstream press articles on the climate are stunning -- I would have expected Baghdad Bob, Saddam Hussein's old propaganda minister, to have been the author of most of the articles!