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'Pause' in global warming was never real, new research proves
Claims of a 'pause' in observed global temperature warming are comprehensively disproved in a pair of new studies published today.
An international team of climate researchers reviewed existing data and studies and reanalysed them. They concluded there has never been a statistically significant 'pause' in global warming. This conclusion holds whether considering the `pause' as a change in the rate of warming in observations or as a mismatch in rate between observations and expectations from climate models.
[...] Dr. Risbey said: "Our findings show there is little or no statistical evidence for a 'pause' in GMST rise. Neither the current data nor the historical data support it. Moreover, updates to the GMST data through the period of 'pause' research have made this conclusion stronger. But, there was never enough evidence to reasonably draw any other conclusion.
"Global warming did not pause, but we need to understand how and why scientists came to believe it had, to avoid future episodes like this. The climate-research community's acceptance of a 'pause' in global warming caused confusion for the public and policy system about the pace and urgency of climate change.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by darkfeline on Thursday December 20 2018, @10:02PM
> No research is ever dis-proven
The ONLY thing science can ever do is disprove. If you find evidence consistent with your theory, that does not prove your theory. If you find evidence contradicting your theory, then your theory is wrong.
The point of science isn't to formally prove anything, since that is impossible, but to build models and theories that are useful and have not yet been shown to be wrong within a certain domain.
For example, Newtonian physics is wrong. However, for everyday use the model is very useful and within this particular domain it has not yet been shown to be wrong.
So far as we know, all evidence points to the planet turning into a very FUN place sometime in the foreseeable future. You don't need to "believe" in global warming to see this. All of our pollution combined (light, noise, chemical, air, etc.) (and other social issues notwithstanding) is going to screw us over one way or another and quite frankly I don't care if the final cause is global warming or nuclear war over resources or critical disease outbreak or ...
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