UK Met Office report says global warming stopped 16 years ago, 3000 measuring points used, results released without fanfare

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10/13/12, "Global warming stopped 16 years ago, reveals Met Office report quietly released... and here is the chart to prove it," UK Daily Mail David Rose 

"The new data, compiled from more than 3,000 measuring points on land and sea, was issued  quietly on the internet, without any media fanfare, and, until today, it has not been reported.

This stands in sharp contrast to the release of the previous  figures six months ago, which went only to the end of 2010 – a very warm year.

Ending the data then means it is possible to show a slight warming trend since 1997, but 2011 and the first eight months of 2012 were much cooler, and thus this trend is erased....

"The figures reveal that from the beginning of 1997 until August 2012 there was no discernible rise in aggregate global temperatures. This means that the ‘pause’ in global warming has now lasted for about the same time as the previous period when temperatures rose, 1980 to 1996."...via Climate Depot

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