New temperature measurements smash global warming denial From the linked article: You could be forgiven for thinking that global warming has paused. It’s a narrative that has been hammered home by columnists and politicians around the world. Proponents of this argument say there is no need for alarm and that fewer resources need to be dedicated to lowering carbon emissions. But that argument has relied on what has now been proved to be a fault with how scientists measure global temperatures. By 1990, some 80% of all measurements were taken by measuring the temperature of water running through a vessel’s engine room. Given all the variables in this method of recording temperatures, by 2015, 80% of measurements were rather coming from buoys bobbing about the ocean. But the data sets haven’t made an allowance for this change in the source of data. So it seems that scientists had just been looking at absolute temperature readings and incorrect conclusions have been drawn. There is more detail about the two studies that brought this to light at http://ift.tt/2iuuHQ1. It's not good news but it is more important that scientists align themselves in terms of where we stand.
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