Global Warming: The European View

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June 25, 2013: everyone agrees -- now, even the American press admits that global warming has stopped for the past "10 - 15 years. " (Actually, now 16 years, but mainstream media is starting to tell both sides of the story. The most interesting comment: general consensus that scientists do not know why global warming has stopped, and, of course, can't say that rising CO2 emissions have anything to do with .... whatever ... even I'm getting tired of writing about this ... from the linked article:

Regulations are certain to draw legal challenges. And the slower-than-expected rise in global surface temperatures over the last 10-15 years is giving climate skeptics openings to challenge the need for new regulations, while creating puzzles for climate scientists studying the slowdown.

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Before reading the article that is linked below, remember, this is an opinion piece from the European perspective. The Economist is considered to be one of the most respected, one of the most prestigious magazines, one of the most credible outlet for news.

I have been (negatively) impressed with the folks who write to tell me my views about global warming have been wrong ever since I started blogging. I did not print those comments; they did not add anything to the blog. The comments did not provide additional data or additional links to new information, simply more opinions.

It's nice to see The Economist print this article.

In case my link breaks, this is the lead paragraph which will help you find it via google, if necessary:

GLOBAL warming has slowed. The rate of warming of over the past 15 years has been lower than that of the preceding 20 years. There is no serious doubt that our planet continues to heat, but it has heated less than most climate scientists had predicted. Nate Cohn of the New Republic reports: "Since 1998, the warmest year of the twentieth century, temperatures have not kept up with computer models that seemed to project steady warming; they’re perilously close to falling beneath even the lowest projections."