[BartSimpson]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/e ... 026317.ece

Excerpt - go to the link for the full article.

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The United Nations climate panel faces a new challenge with scientists casting doubt on its claim that global temperatures are rising inexorably because of human pollution.

In its last assessment the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said the evidence that the world was warming was “unequivocal”.

It warned that greenhouse gases had already heated the world by 0.7C and that there could be 5C-6C more warming by 2100, with devastating impacts on humanity and wildlife. However, new research, including work by British scientists, is casting doubt on such claims. Some even suggest the world may not be warming much at all.

“The temperature records cannot be relied on as indicators of global change,” said John Christy, professor of atmospheric science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, a former lead author on the IPCC.

The Emperor is not wearing any clothes.

[stemmer]

Thanks Bart for the link... Like these two quotes...

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“The temperature records cannot be relied on as indicators of global change,” said John Christy, professor of atmospheric science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, a former lead author on the IPCC.

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The IPCC faces similar criticisms from Ross McKitrick, professor of economics at the University of Guelph, Canada, who was invited by the panel to review its last report.

The experience turned him into a strong critic and he has since published a research paper questioning its methods.

[KorbenDeck]

I still think the world is warming, the local skating hole hasn't frozen enough to go skating on in the past 10 years.

[andyt]

KorbenDeck wrote:

I still think the world is warming, the local skating hole hasn't frozen enough to go skating on in the past 10 years.

The world has warmed a bit in previous decades. Just because it's not warming now, doesn't mean it's cooling either. But in the middle ages it was warmer than it is now.

[BartSimpson]

KorbenDeck wrote:

I still think the world is warming, the local skating hole hasn't frozen enough to go skating on in the past 10 years.

The world has been gradually warming since the apogee of the current ice age. It's nothing to be concerned about. Given that it seems we're starting into a 30 year cooling trend you'll probably be able to skate on your pond again in the next couple of years.