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To: Sdgla who wrote (6991)1/17/2012 11:49:33 AM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 85487
 
Weather isn't climate, and "cooling trend" is a 5 pinocchio lie.

Video: Global Warming Goes to the Dogs or the Difference Between Weather and Climate By Joe Romm on Jan 16, 2012 at 5:01 pm


Even the Koch-funded Berkeley study found recent surface warming “on the high end” and speeding up. And scientists have long known that the overwhelming majority of human-caused warming was expected to go into the oceans, which just keeps heating up pretty darn steadily (see graph below).

But there is certainly a lot of natural variability (aka noise) in the long-term trend for surface warming, which the deniers doggedly exploit to confuse the public. This short video by Ole Christoffer Haga is a great visual explanation of the difference between climate and weather:

thinkprogress.org