Global warming pause

As the Minnesota Twins took the field for their coldest opening day, I was reminded of a recent comment from one of my college’s most distinguished professors.

“Global warming forecasts,” said Stanford’s Nobel physicist Robert Laughlin, “have the difficulty that one can’t find much actual global warming in present day weather observations.”

Of course, the weather on one day, or even during a year or two, isn’t climate. But a review of global weather statistics from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Data Center shows the average global surface temperature for January 2012 to February 2013 was 1.03 degrees Farenheit above the 20th century average but unchanged from average and stable global temperatures for the 1997 to 2012 period. This continues a 15 year pause in global warming despite a relentless rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide.

2013-04-08 06:01:32

Source: http://www.climatechangedispatch.com/11133-global-warming-pause.html