James Hansen is both a champion and icon of climate activism. A respected scientist (I certainly respect him), he has been tireless in attempting to raise awareness of the possible effects of global warming and the human emissions that contribute to it. Sometimes he has gone overboard–but that’s a bit to be expected in a cause that he sincerely believes to be of utmost importance to us all.
He recently published a very short note acknowledging that temperatures have not risen over the past decade. There’s something in it that we might find of interest: “The 5-year mean global temperature has been flat for a decade, which we interpret as a combination of natural variability and a slowdown in the growth rate of the net climate forcing.”
He explains later, “It should be noted that the “standstill” temperature is at a much higher level than existed at any year in the prior…
View original post 443 more words
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
Recent Comments