Does the 2007 IPCC Statement for Policymakers Accurately Present the Observations of Recent Global Temperature Trends?
Climate Science: Roger Pielke, Sr. Research Group Weblog, May 10, 2007 HYPERLINK “http://climatesci.colorado.edu/2007/05/10/does-the-ipcc-statement-for-policymakers-accurately-present-the-observations-of-recent-global-temperature-trends/” http://climatesci.colorado.edu/2007/05/10/does-the-ipcc-statement-for-policymakers-accurately-present-the-observations-of-recent-global-temperature-trends/ The HYPERLINK “http://www.ipcc.ch/” 2007 IPCC Statement for Policymakers (SPM) makes the following finding, “Eleven of the last twelve years (1995 -2006) rank among the 12 warmest years in the instrumental record of global surface temperature (since 1850)” [based on “The average of near surface air temperature over land, and sea surface temperature.”]. and “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures…” This claim, which is repeated throughout the media reports on the IPCC report, however, is disingenuous
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