Also see here: http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/03/05/twelve-months-of-cooling-doesn%e2%80%99t-make-a-climate-trend/
http://tinyurl.com/yd9qlzy BTW, not always but sometimes, it's helpful to scan the comments to a controversial article or blog post for links to supporting/rebutting material, and/or informed clarifying remarks. See, for instance, the comments thread titled "Gross Misrepresentations" under this blog post (starts about halfway down the page). You usually have to plow through a whole lot of garbage to find the good stuff, and there won't always be any, but in my experience it's worth a shot. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rf...@...> wrote: > > The article is two years old [February 26, 2008], the link to the > temperature sources takes you to: > > http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/02/19/january-2008-4-sources-say-globall\ > y-cooler-in-the-past-12-months/ > > ...where the following correction is stated: > > The website DailyTech has an article citing this blog entry as a > reference > <http://www.dailytech.com/Temperature+Monitors+Report+Worldwide+Global+C\ > ooling/article10866.htm> , and their story got picked up by the Drudge > report, resulting in a wide distribution. In the DailyTech article there > is a paragraph: > > "Anthony Watts compiled the results > <http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/january-2008-4-sources-\ > say-globally-cooler-in-the-past-12-months/> of all the sources. The > total amount of cooling ranges from 0.65C up to 0.75C a value > large enough to erase nearly all the global warming recorded over the > past 100 years. All in one year time. For all sources, it's the > single fastest temperature change ever recorded, either up or down." > > I wish to state for the record, that this statement is not mine: > "a value large enough to erase nearly all the global warming > recorded over the past 100 years" > > There has been no "erasure". This is an anomaly with a large > magnitude, and it coincides with other anecdotal weather evidence. It is > curious, it is unusual, it is large, it is unexpected, but it does not > "erase" anything. I suggested a correction to DailyTech and they > have graciously complied. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > Can anyone find a reputable rebuttal to this?: > > http://www.dailytech.com/Temperature+Monitors+Report+Widescale+Global+Co\ > olin > > g/article10866.htm
