<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Over and over and over we have heard in various media, like a broken record, that since 1998, which was an unusually warm year due to a super El Nino, anthropogenic global warming has leveled or stopped, as atmospheric CO2 levels have continued to increase, from those casting doubt on the science supporting AGW theory and supporting empirical data.<br><br></div>However, consider the following analysis of the global average surface temperature trend, from the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, looking at the trend from 1970-2014 under the heading "No significant change in trend from 1998." Consider that to start an analysis of long term trend at 1998, not decades earlier, is cherry picking data to arrive at the conclusion desired.<br><br></div>Graph below from RealClimate website posting Jan. 22, 2015, from the current director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Gavin Schmidt. The entire posting is fascinating, though technically daunting. There are currently 288 responses in discussion of this post:<br><div style id="stcpDiv"><h3 class="" id="post-18042">"Thoughts on 2014 and ongoing temperature trends"</h3></div><a href="http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2015/01/thoughts-on-2014-and-ongoing-temperature-trends/#more-18042">http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2015/01/thoughts-on-2014-and-ongoing-temperature-trends/#more-18042</a><br><br><br>
<a href="http://www.realclimate.org/images/hiatus.png"><img src="http://www.realclimate.org/images/hiatus.png" width="80%/"></a><br><br>------------------------------------------<br></div>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett<br></div>