The Winds of Warming

I've written many times about the so-called pause in global warming. The claim is that the rise in temperatures on Earth has flattened since 1998, with some people even claiming the Earth has cooled somewhat. There are many ways to look at this, all of which show that these claims are wrong. One is that 1998 was an unusually warm year, so by starting there you're bound to see temperatures slowing their rise a bit. That's called cherry-picking and is a favorite technique among those who deny glob...