<RLAMONT@providence.edu> wrote:
> What has been the trend in average global temperature over the past 10
> years?
According to NASA GISS's data[1], it is just slightly positive -- about
0.02 C in 10 years. 2005 was the warmest year ever in their records, and
Jan 2007 was the warmest month ever compared to its average. The past 6
months have all been warmer than the year before.
In any case, such plateaus have occurred before in the last 35 years,
especially in the early- to mid-1990s, and are nothing original or
unexpected[2] by the theory of anthropogenic global warming.