Global warming 'on pause'

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Surface temperatures around the world have not increased on average since the late 1990s, causing some sceptics to suggest that climate change is not happening as quickly as experts predict.

But in a set of three new reports, the Met Office claims that global warming has been disguised in recent years by the oceans, which have absorbed greater amounts of heat and prevented us from noticing the difference at surface level.

This process, caused by the natural cycle of the oceans, could delay earlier predictions of global warming by five to ten years but will not last forever, researchers explained.

Other factors including a number of volcanic eruptions since 2000 and changes in the Sun's activity, could also have masked the effect of greenhouse gases by providing a slight cooling effect, they said.

The Met Office has predicted it could be another five years before surface temperatures begin to rise again, but said the current "pause" would not affect long-term global warming forecasts.
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Dr Peter Stott, head of climate monitoring at the Met Office, said: "Global surface temperatures remain high. Twelve of the 14 warmest years on record have occurred since 2000, the lower troposphere – the atmosphere above the surface – is continuing to warm in recent years, and combined with the cooling in the stratosphere this is a distinctive fingerprint of the effects of greenhouse gases on the climate system."

Scientists have long been aware that climate change would not happen at a fixed rate and could include periods where temperatures remain stable for 10 to 20 years, but admitted they had failed to explain this to the public in the past.

Prof Rowan Sutton, Director of Climate Research at the University of Reading, said: "Within the field we have taken for granted that there will be variations in the rate of warming, it is totally accepted and is no surprise ...[it] would correct to say that wasn't the message that we communicated more widely and that probably is a failing."

[Doggy Styles]

Not long now before the glaciers roll over Africa.

And there will be a simple explanation of why AGW causes it...

[EternalOptimist]

The IPCC is supposed to be the fount of all knowledge.

Supposing thats true. In their best case, if we all went back to the stone age, stopped emitting CO2 as of now

that would stop the planet warming by .333 of a degree over the next 87 years.

[BlasterBates]

Snow in Brazil

it´s normal to get a bit of snow in Rio de Janiero at this time of year

[Freaki Li Cuatre]

Snow in Brazil

it´s normal to get a bit of snow in Rio de Janiero at this time of year

Not in Rio but in Rio Grande do Sul it isn't unheard of. There are mountainous areas there where the feel is quite alpine. Big Germanic influence down there.

[BrilloPad]

But no-one actually knows. Sorry - did I interrupt a good argument by pointing out the facts? Never mind - carry on.....

[Freaki Li Cuatre]

I wonder why.

Is Adolph's Caff & Bar still going?

There was a Cafe Adolf in Rio believe it or not but it was there before WWII and its name was changed during the war.

It's now called Bar Brasil (IIRC) but still serves the same Germanic fayre. Went in there once and had a black chopp with apple strudel. Yum...

[Paddy]

there was a cafe adolf in rio believe it or not but it was there before wwii and its name was changed during the war.

It's now called bar brasil (iirc) but still serves the same germanic fayre. Went in there once and had a black chopp with apple strudel. Yum...

ve are not germans ve ist sviss. Das is final, do you understand

[d000hg]

So when they say climate is changing you don't believe them. When they say it seems to have stopped, you do believe them?

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of course the climate is changing...

we are all just bored of pointless tw@s trying to blame it on every little thing they feel they have some god given right to complain about.

oh and make money from too..