Just a remark to the article by Jonathan Leake.
If one picks 1998 as the "start date" for the current cycle of "lack of warming", one arrives at an essentially flat trend (Met Office tells us: <em>“Our records for the past 15 years suggest the world has warmed by about 0.051C over that period” </em>).
If one takes only the past 10 years (2002-2011) one arrives at a more significant <em>cooling</em> rate of 0.1C per decade.
There are good arguments for NOT starting in 1998 (a record high, strong El Nino year).
Starting in 2002 (or 2001) gives a more pronounced trend, but only over a shorter time period.
Cherry-picking?
Max
PS The fact of the matter is it is <em>cooling</em> slightly, as it did from around 1941 to around 1970 (not <em>warming</em> imperceptibly, as Met Office would have us believe).
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