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My mistake, I interpreted your post to indicate that there were factors which are having a greater influence on the current warming trend than increasing CO2 levels (and their resultant feedback effects).
I too think that focusing on individual station data can be deceptive. That's why global temperature models don't do it that way.
You deny that the planet is warming? I guess the conversation ends here.
You don't really specify what you mean by current warming trend, but as stated that's not true.
And yet:
That's one reason models are still unable to simulate key parts of the system.
The OP is.
That's a weird statement. I never asked anyone to look at the data in isolation.
What would you say, represents the whole picture in way that is the closest to reality.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: TheRedneck
This is not my first time at this particular ATS rodeo.
On average, across the entire planet. And that is what is important.
originally posted by: WilliamR
a reply to: Phage
On average, across the entire planet. And that is what is important.
The Average changes because of the changes in each individual part, not the other way around. It's not a hard concept to grasp.
Global averages serve a specific purpose, they can't show which part has changed.
There is nothing controversial about examining changes and what could have caused them, on a regional basis.
You deny that the planet is warming? I guess the conversation ends here.
Where are your scientific sources for that claim? I would love to read them.
The Average changes because of the changes in each individual part, not the other way around. It's not a hard concept to grasp.
Global averages serve a specific purpose, they can't show which part has changed.
100 years matters to us. 200 years matters to us. 10,000 years, not so much.
I said specifically that natural processes still dominate changes on time scales that matter.
The global average has a warming trend, what does that mean for us.
Anomalies are not averages, nor are indicative in any way of averages. They are abnormalities.