Slow-down in global warming enhanced by an unusual climate anomaly
Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Sep 15, 2014 - A hiatus in global warming ongoing since 2001 is due to a combination of a natural cooling phase, known as multidecadal variability (MDV) and a downturn of the secular warming trend. The exact causes of the latter, unique in the entire observational record going back to 1850, are still to be identified, according to a JRC article which analysed the phenomena. The earth hasn't warmed ... more

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