There's this thing called "temperature" which is measured by these amazing things called "thermometers". And all kinds of other physical data. No matter. Westwall just handwaves away any data he doesn't like, and then claims the data doesn't exist. And then he wonders why his cult isn't taken seriously.
The models, of course, are quite good, but they're just icing on the cake of all the physical data that proves the warming. Even Mann's primitive 1988 model was damn near perfect, but a lot of deniers inexplicably try to revise history and claim the exact opposite.
No warming the past 15 years because.....?
......it's not true. The planet continues to warm.
Human activity continues to warm the planet over the past 16 years
Did you actually BUY the discussion and explanation from that Bullshit Site??
Humans have continued to contribute to the greenhouse warming of the planet over the past 16 years. The myth arises from two misconceptions. Firstly, it ignores the fact that short term temperature trends are strongly influenced by a variety of natural factors and observational limitations which must be analyzed to isolate the human contribution. Secondly it focuses on one small part of the climate system (the atmosphere) while ignoring the largest part (the oceans). We will address each of these errors in turn.
After you get decontaminated and de-loused, the average Global Surface Temperature has BARELY moved in 16 years.. The rest of the excuses are NEW and unproven..
Those guys at SkepticalScience are propagandists, not science reporters..