[dirtboy]

There have been several studies (including one cited by climate change skeptic Patrick Michaels, principal author of the World Climate Report, that indicate early occurrence of spring

Please show in the last 10,000 years where the climate was in any kind of long-term steady-state climate. We've had warming. And cooling. And a Little Ice Age not very long ago.

[cogitator]

Please show in the last 10,000 years where the climate was in any kind of long-term steady-state climate. We've had warming. And cooling. And a Little Ice Age not very long ago.

Why is a steady-state climate a requirement? One of the main reasons researchers are doing research is to try and separate natural climate variability from human-caused variability. Nobody insists on or expects that climate would be in steady-state if there was no human activity.