Global warming stopped 16 years ago

[Tracey12]

Global warming stopped 16 years ago, reveals Met Office report quietly
released... and here is the chart to prove it

The figures reveal that from the beginning of 1997 until August
2012 there was no discernible rise in aggregate global temperatures
This means that the ‘pause’ in global warming has now lasted for
about the same time as the previous period when temperatures rose,
1980 to 1996

By David Rose

PUBLISHED: 16:42 EST, 13 October 2012 | UPDATED: 08:59 EST, 16 October
2012


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.
global temperature changes


Research: The new figures mean that the ¿pause¿ in global warming has
now lasted for about the same time as the previous period when
temperatures rose, 1980 to 1996. This picture shows an iceberg melting
in Eastern Greenland

Research: The new figures mean that the 'pause' in global warming has
now lasted for about the same time as the previous period when
temperatures rose, 1980 to 1996. This picture shows an iceberg melting
in Eastern Greenland

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.


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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’.

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[Mitchell Holman]

Tracey12 <tracey...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1bd72bb6-be83-48d8...@c20g2000vbz.googlegroups.com:

>
> Global warming stopped 16 years ago, reveals Met Office report quietly
> released... and here is the chart to prove it

'Warmest year' looking more likely for 2012 across US
Oct 9 2012

With less than three months left this year, it's looking
increasingly likely that 2012 will go down as the warmest
year on record in the continental United States.

January-September was already the warmest first nine months,
according to temperature data released Tuesday by the National
Climatic Data Center. Moreover, six of eight scenarios charted
by the center have 2012 ending warmer than any other year in
records that go back to 1895. The only scenarios where that
would not happen are if the last quarter is among the 10 coldest
on record.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/09/14321896-warmest-year-looking-
more-likely-for-2012-across-continental-us?lite

[Daniel W. Rouse Jr.]

"Mitchell Holman" <nomailverizon.net> wrote in message
news:XnsA10BD43D74516...@216.196.121.131...

Explain all the temperatures that miss their 1950's or 1960's record highs?
Day after day.

Just because there is a record high on one day, or even one week, does not
prove Global Warming when the remaining temperatures are significantly
cooler than their previous record highs. The fact that eight scenarios are
mentioned means they--the people at the National Climatic Data Center--are
obviously manipulating the data to try to make it the case of warming when
it is so obviously not the case.