. . They alarmist are at it again warning about catastrophic climate change. Every time I hear them I head to NASA and check out the temperature anomalies trends. Here is the link. http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs_v3/ .
. . There is no argument that the climate has and continues to change. It has always changed. There is also no argument that the planet is warming. We are exiting an unusually cold climate period. There is also no argument that humans contribute to climate change. That statement is inane. Humans change the planet. The issue is the magnitude of the change and whether the alarmists can predict the future. Thus far the answer is demonstrably NO.
. . The graphs are the NASA website deserve more in depth examination. Here it is for the last 17 years in tabular form
YEAR ANNUAL ROLLING
1997 0.46 0.45
1998 0.62 0.44
1999 0.40 0.48
2000 0.40 0.51
2001 0.53 0.51
2002 0.61 0.53
2003 0.60 0.58
2004 0.51 0.60
2005 0.66 0.60
2006 0.59 0.58
2007 0.63 0.59
2008 0.49 0.59
2009 0.59 0.58
2010 0.66 0.57
2011 0.54 0.59
2012 0.57 *
2013 0.60 *
. . Over the last 17 years the temperature anomaly has been flat. The alarmists neither have an explanation nor did they predicted it through models they have been using to forecast disaster. They refer to it as a "pause." They could be right, but the issue is -- it came as a complete surprise to them.
. . With the scientific method if the model fails to predict, the hypothesis is erroneous. The one thing that is certain is -- The debate is NOT over and more research is needed. Remedial actions need to be measured.
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