Originally posted by endisnighe
I am just going to post these pesky little graphs put out by the high Priest Hansen himself.
And I will ask you, what is wrong with the three graphs? And what is wrong with the statement that this has been the hottest decade on record?
Not to hijack from the obvious effort which you put into your post (I love that .Gif Comparison Overlay
Why AGW Activists Only Concentrate On Post-1970 Data
Now, allow for me to explain the first two graphs provided here:
Anyone who remembers the original and unabashed theory of AGW, knows that above all else, the Polar Regions were projected to Warm-up the quickest and most dramatically out of all Global regions. Some have even claimed that observations back this projection up, and therefore it is a fact (I just heard a politician tout this, yet again, on Television yesterday).
What these graphs show however, is not only the obvious cyclical pattern to Arctic Temperature Variation over the past Century, but also this pattern's direct relationship with the AMO(Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation)/PDO(Pacific Decadal Oscillation) cycles as well. The AMO/PDO are well established natural variants which dictate the general Oceanic Current and Atmospheric Air Stream patterns over their corresponding regions (ie, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean). With such being established, it is a well placed conclusion that the Arctic Temperature Variations are brought about by these very natural and very real cycles.
Also, take note of how 1970 was roughly the lowest point in the Trough of the Cycle Decline, and therefore, if anyone wants to exaggerate and misrepresent "Dramatic Warming", they can simply (and do in fact often) use that very point as the jump-off from which to display Temperature increases (While conveniently ignoring the prior Established Patterns).
I could go on, and on, and on with the specifics of the entire systems and how exactly they have produced the effects which we have in fact witnessed as of recent, but I believe that the simple graphs can exhibit such in the most blatant and easily understood fashion possible. If anyone wishes for more of a clarification, please feel free to ask
[edit on 12-9-2009 by TheAgentNineteen]






