On 10/02/2014 19:34, Malcolm wrote:

In article , Brian Lawrence
writes

"Despite ongoing increases in atmospheric greenhouse gases, the
Earth’s global average surface air temperature has remained more or
less steady since 2001."

"http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate2106.
html"

So what?

A scientist would know that the first sentence of an abstract of a
scientific paper , such as you have quoted above, conventionally sets
out the problem being investigated.

An honest scientist would quote the conclusion of the abstract which is:

"The net effect of these anomalous winds is a cooling in the 2012 global
average surface air temperature of 0.1–0.2 °C, which can account for
much of the hiatus in surface warming observed since 2001. This hiatus
could persist for much of the present decade if the trade wind trends
continue, however rapid warming is expected to resume once the anomalous
wind trends abate."

Readers can draw their own conclusions about you, your honesty, and
about the conclusions of the paper.

Indeed. I made a post which contained no words of my own and provided a
link to more info. I thought such actions were one of the main purposes
of a Newsgroup, even though as a long-time lurker I am aware of the
knee jerk reactions and rabid responses that often ensue.

C'est la vie.

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Brian W Lawrence
Wantage
Oxfordshire