The Pause stopped for a while whilst El Nino was in full flow, temps have now gone back down to post 1998 levels. Hence the Pause is back! Even Michael "Hockey Stick" Mann has admitted it but our resident ambulance chaser knows far more than him on the subject!!
https://www.justplainpolitics.com/s...-Global-Warming-Is-Real&p=1558274#post1558274
Jan. 18, 2017
RELEASE 17-006
NASA, NOAA Data Show 2016 Warmest Year on Record Globally
Earth’s 2016 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern recordkeeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Globally-averaged temperatures in 2016 were 1.78 degrees Fahrenheit (0.99 degrees Celsius) warmer than the mid-20th century mean. This makes 2016 the third year in a row to set a new record for global average surface temperatures.
The planet’s long-term warming trend is seen in this chart of every year’s annual temperature cycle from 1880 to the present
The planet’s long-term warming trend is seen in this chart of every year’s annual temperature cycle from 1880 to the present, compared to the average temperature from 1980 to 2015. Record warm years are listed in the column on the right.
Credits: NASA/Joshua Stevens, Earth Observatory
The 2016 temperatures continue a long-term warming trend, according to analyses by scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York. NOAA scientists concur with the finding that 2016 was the warmest year on record based on separate, independent analyses of the data.
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