and the RATS, take another one in the.........HA ha!!!
Posted on 10/14/2012 9:40:45 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
The world stopped getting warmer almost 16 years ago, according to new data released last week.
The figures, which have triggered debate among climate scientists, reveal that from the beginning of 1997 until August 2012,there was no discernible rise in aggregate global temperatures.
This means that the ‘plateau’ or ‘pause’ in global warming has now lasted for about the same time as the previous period when temperatures rose,1980 to 1996. Before that, temperatures had been stable or declining for about 40 years.
The new data, compiled from more than 3,000 measuring points on land and sea, was issued quietly on the internet, without any media fanfare,and,until today,it has not been reported.
This stands in sharp contrast to the release of the previous figures six months ago,which went only to the end of 2010–a very warm year.
Ending the data then means it is possible to show a slight warming trend since 1997,but 2011 and the first eight months of 2012 were much cooler, and thus this trend is erased.
Some climate scientists, such as Professor Phil Jones,director of the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia,last week dismissed the significance of the plateau,saying that 15 or 16 years is too short a period from which to draw conclusions.
Others disagreed. Professor Judith Curry,who is the head of the climate science department at America’s prestigious Georgia Tech university, told The Mail on Sunday that it was clear that the computer models used to predict future warming were ‘deeply flawed’.
Even Prof Jones admitted that he and his colleagues did not understand the impact of ‘natural variability’–factors such as long-term ocean temperature cycles and changes in the output of the sun. However,he said he was still convinced that the current decade would end up significantly warmer than the previous two.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
I’d call that a flat trend line.
An awful lot of people are going to lose their very high paying jobs or maybe they won’t...too established. It’s like living with the lie that Hitler was a Catholic and a right wing extremist. It’s carved in stone.
BTW, thanks for keeping us informed. You post very informative articles which I really enjoy though don’t usually contribute. Keep up the great work.
Your link, "SolarCity - Another Obama Scandal" was not properly closed with a slash. It looks like this < a>.
You are right! (but then you knew that) I just went back and looked where I forgot something and saw the missing /. Maybe in a way it is appropriate — the watermelon has been cracked open.
You’re welcome.
bookmark bump
I wouldn’t want to have our wine producers accidentally have their buildings and homes burned down over this issue.
I haven't checked the thread source code to examine your post yet, but I bet you left off the "</a>" to terminate your "Solar City" link...
Turning natural variation into a problem.
IMO the last paragraph of the article is a copout to the rest of the article.
“So let’s be clear. Yes: global warming is real, and some of it at least has been caused by the CO2 emitted by fossil fuels. But the evidence is beginning to suggest that it may be happening much slower than the catastrophists have claimed – a conclusion with enormous policy implications.”
I’ve never found anybody willing to argue with me that we are closer to the next ice age than we are to the last one. The geologic record is just too plain. If anything we’ve had a slightly longer than typical mild stretch. Relax and enjoy it while it lasts.
You’d win that bet. Thanks for the info.
I saw it more as an, "You've made a mountain out of a molehill," admonishment - WITH ENORMOUS POLICY (taxes, regulations, lifestyle, energy, economic, employment) IMPLICATIONS!
To quote ole Joe “It’s a bunch of malarkey”. These “scientists” such as Collins, and his ilk are living high on government, and Corporate grants, rejoicing in the adulation of their followers/Climate Groupies if you will, and the Universities support them as they are gaining grants, and prestige amongst government, and major Leftist wealth in doing so.
There’s money to be made creating lies, and perpetuating them. Look at Communism for proof of that.
You’re on the government’s red list now.
/sarc
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