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   According to the sat IR data Jan 2021 has been a bit cooler than most   
   of the past decade. Given the La Nina compared with recent super El   
   Nino's that's not a big surprise.   
      
   According to my calcs the areal avg SST for Jan 2021 has come in at   
   .4493C above the Hadley baseline making it the 6th warmest in the past   
   171 years and wedged between 2010 and 2015 in the rankings.   
      
   avg global SST   
   last 2 wks: +0.457391   
   last 4 wks: +0.449323   
      
   Hadley SST TOP10 warmest Jans:   
   2016    0.732   
   2020    0.598   
   2019    0.520   
   2017    0.484   
   2010    0.453   
     <-- 2021	0.449	new #6/171   
   2015    0.440   
   1998    0.419   
   2007    0.402   
   2018    0.379   
   2002    0.365   
      
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   Residents brace as tropical low builds for biggest WA wet season event   
   'in 3 years'   
   ABC Kimberley, 29 Jan 2021 02:55Z   
   Meteorologists are keeping a close eye on a tropical low making its way over   
   the north west of Western Australia.   
      
   New Trade Minister snubbed by Chinese counterpart as diplomatic freeze   
   continues   
   ABC Rural, 29 Jan 2021 04:54Z   
   With relations between Australia and China at an historic low, Trade   
   Minister Dan Tehan says he will wait "patiently" for Chinese counterpart   
   Wang Wentao to engage in discussions on a series of trade disputes.   
      
   Rocket Report: FAA grounds Starship, Biden's big rocket dilemma   
   Ars Technica, 29 Jan 2021 12:10Z   
   Most of the news this week has happened with bigger rockets, with an   
   especially interesting bit concerning the ...   
      
   Job Seekers With Trump White House on Their Résumés Face a Cold Reality   
   The New York Times, 29 Jan 2021 19:06Z   
   Working at the White House has traditionally been a ticket to a lucrative   
   future. But that hasn't been the case so far for Trump alumni.   
      
   China executes finance official for taking 'especially enormous' bribes   
   ABC News, 29 Jan 2021 14:39Z   
   The former head of a Chinese state-owned asset management company is   
   executed on charges of taking bribes in an unusually severe penalty for a   
   recent corruption case.   
      
   Alabama's coronavirus positivity rate now highest in the nation   
   AL.com, 29 Jan 2021 13:57Z   
   35% of reported virus tests in Alabama are coming back positive. But   
   it depends on which numbers you look at.   
      
   EU places export controls on coronavirus vaccines   
   CNBC, 29 Jan 2021 16:53Z   
   The EU's vaccination program has been sluggish at best, and looking   
   vulnerable to supply shortages.   
      
   [Doom Loop:]   
   GOP Looked Set to Divorce Donald Trump Over Capitol Riot. Now, it's Renewing   
   Vows   
   Newsweek, 29 Jan 2021 09:53Z   
   After the deadly violence of Jan 6, the Republican Party looked set to   
   sever ties with Donald Trump but just a few weeks on signs point towards a   
   renewed ...   
      
     The G.O.P. Is in a Doom Loop of Bizarro   
     The New York Times/Opinion, 29 Jan 2021 15:51Z   
     Here's what we know about American politics: The Republican Party is stuck,   
     probably irreversibly, in a doom loop of bizarro. If the Trump-incited   
     Capitol ...   
      
     McCarthy Seeks Thaw With Trump as G.O.P. Rallies Behind Former President   
     The New York Times, 28 Jan 2021 23:52Z   
     The top House Republican met with former President Donald J. Trump, working   
     to mend fences after saying that Mr. Trump bore responsibility for the Jan.   
      
     Where is the Republican Party of Barry Goldwater when we need it? | TheHill   
     The Hill/Opinion, 29 Jan 2021 14:52Z   
     There's no question that Donald Trump committed impeachable acts that exceed   
     those that prompted the GOP to abandon Richard Nixon.   
      
   Mexico's COVID-19 death toll surpasses India, becomes world's third highest   
   Yahoo News, 29 Jan 2021 03:21Z   
   Mexico on Thu surpassed India in confirmed COVID-19 deaths, giving the   
   Latin American country the third-highest toll worldwide, according to a   
   Reuters ...   
      
   San Francisco will rename 42 schools to end racist associations   
   Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan 2021 23:21Z   
   The San Francisco Unified Board of Education voted 6-1 to change a third of   
   its school names for their associations with racism, oppression and   
   colonization.   
      
   What writers who imagined drowned worlds tell us about the future of   
   sea-level rise   
   Phys.org, 28 Jan 2021 17:20Z   
   Water was traded on Wall Street alongside oil and gold for the first time in   
   early Dec 2020. That might seem bizarre, but there is a grim logic at play.   
      
   Record-Breaking Source for Single Photons Developed That Can Produce   
   Billions of Quantum Particles per Second   
   SciTechDaily, 28 Jan 2021 16:20Z   
   Researchers at the University of Basel and Ruhr University Bochum have   
   developed a source of single photons that can produce bns of these   
   quantum ...   
      
   [Close Encounter:]   
   Woman in NZ quarantine and hotel worker caught in 'inappropriate encounter'   
   ABC News, 29 Jan 2021 08:46Z   
   Authorities in New Zealand breathe a sigh of relief as a female returning   
   traveller in quarantine and a worker at her hotel both return negative COVID   
   tests, despite being caught in a "20-minute inappropriate encounter".   
      
   Growing concern COVID-19 could be in South-East Queensland community after   
   more wastewater testing   
   ABC News, 29 Jan 2021 07:37Z   
   Acting Chief Health Officer Sonya Bennett says positive coronavirus   
   fragments in 2 sewage catchments not fed by hotel quarantine raises the   
   potential there is an undetected case in the South-East Queensland community.   
      
     Coronavirus fragments found in wastewater at 3 Victorian towns   
     ABC News, 29 Jan 2021 06:38Z   
     Residents of 3 regional Victorian towns are urged to get tested for   
     coronavirus after viral fragments were detected in wastewater samples.   
      
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