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Re: [Phys-L] climate change continues apace

On 11/18/2015 09:59 AM, I wrote:

*) "Record-crushing October keeps Earth on track for hottest year in 2015"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/11/17/record-crushing-october-keeps-earth-on-track-for-hottest-year-in-2015/

September 2015 followed the same pattern

The pattern continued into November

*) "November was Earth’s warmest such month on record by a huge margin"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/12/15/november-2015-was-earths-hottest-such-month-on-record-by-a-huge-margin/

See also
http://ds.data.jma.go.jp/tcc/tcc/products/clisys/highlights/mhcs201511.pdf
especially figure 2 therein.

As in previous months and years, my point remains that it takes some
skill and experience to interpret noisy data. Some skill, but not
much. In particular, there was never a a "slowdown" in global warming,
and never any evidence of a "slowdown". A fluctuation is not the same
as a trend ... and an excursion with a good explanation (such as the
1997-98 El Niño) hardly even counts as a fluctuation.

A lot of the people who have been shouting about a "slowdown" over the
last 10+ years knew better, and were just lying to you. You should
keep track of this. Keep track of who lies to you and who doesn't.

Also: This year's event remains on track to be (at least) the second-
strongest El Niño ever recorded.

*) Some data (Oceanic Niño Index) to put this year in perspective:
http://ggweather.com/enso/oni.