Carbon Commentary » weather http://www.carboncommentary.com A critical appraisal of issues in the move to a low-carbon economy Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:56:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en The global warming ‘standstill’ http://www.carboncommentary.com/2008/04/25/83 http://www.carboncommentary.com/2008/04/25/83#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:42:54 +0000 Chris Goodall http://www.carboncommentary.com/2008/04/25/83 Nigel Lawson and others are suggesting that temperatures have ‘stabilised’ since the late nineties. 1998 saw the highest global average temperature and only 2005 has closely matched it. Since no year since 1998 has exceeded the record, some commentators are saying the global warming has stopped. The implication, sometimes stated, sometimes not, is that the increasing rate of growth of CO2 concentration is having no effect on temperature.]]>
Nigel Lawson and others are suggesting that temperatures have ‘stabilised’ since the late nineties. 1998 saw the highest global average temperature and only 2005 has closely matched it. Since no year since 1998 has exceeded the record, some commentators are saying the global warming has stopped. The implication, sometimes stated, sometimes not, is that the increasing rate of growth of CO2 concentration is having no effect on temperature.

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