Your claim assumes the current configuration of the continents, with the Panama isthmus closed off, among other things.
But you do make a good point that is described in the article that cherry-picking the data isn’t the right approach.
In a blind test, of course statisticians are going to say it’s not a cooling trend. The only way to overcome the statistics and emphasize cooling is to have a preconceived notion about the data and specifically select it.
That was quite a funny line coming from the article. AGW is all about cherry picking the data.
When the next ice age comes, billions will die of starvation within the first year.
The only way to overcome the statistics and emphasize cooling is to have a preconceived notion about the data and specifically select it.Or, select a more representative 'medium' to sample, e.g. the oceans instead of land/surface stations (which have THEIR issues with aging/uncertified instrumentation, siting issues, encroching urban/UHI effects, GISS adjustments) ...