Originally Posted by
FDXLAG
Please note the flat line from 1998 to present. Do you understand what that means?
Since the X axis is titled "Anomaly relative to 1901 to 2000", I think what we're seeing since 1998 is a steady increase in temperature of 0.6 degrees C. In other words, not
a leveling off of the average temperature but a constant average rate of increase.
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But I'm not a scientist and could be wrong. Laymen interpreting scientific data is what manufactured the Climategate outrage in the first place. What is undisputed is that
the decade 2000 - 2009 is the warmest on record.
NOAA’s Conclusive Report: 2000s Were Hottest Decade on Record | Discover Magazine