[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Considering the fact that the data are massaged to “account” for global warming, in other words fudged to get the desired result, mean global temperature has probably actually decreased in the last 16 years.

[Miguk]

However,he said he was still convinced that the current decade would end up significantly warmer than the previous two. So, we were wrong then, and we're wrong now, but we hope to be proven right at some point in the indeterminate future. So keep that grant money a-flowin'