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What is net zero and why is it necessary?
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Simon, there certainly was a pause as noted by those notorious climate deniers IPCC AR5 Working Group 1. As it notes, ‘The rate of warming over the past 15 years (1998-2012; 0.05°C/decade) has been smaller than since 1951 (0.12°C/decade). If you then look at the NASA GISS GISSTEMP v4 Monthly Mean Global Surface Temperature the temperature anomalies are fairly flat from 1998 up to around 2015. They then rise rapidly reaching a peak in 2016 and start to drop back again. The current temperatures are not much above the 1998 -2015 level. Are these data sources acceptable to you? Do you prefer to listen to XR?
Tony, see my response above. The climate has changed, is changing and will continue to change. A little warming is certainly better than a little cooling. Read the literature on life during the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age. Which would you prefer?
Simon, there certainly was a pause as noted by those notorious climate deniers IPCC AR5 Working Group 1. As it notes, ‘The rate of warming over the past 15 years (1998-2012; 0.05°C/decade) has been smaller than since 1951 (0.12°C/decade). If you then look at the NASA GISS GISSTEMP v4 Monthly Mean Global Surface Temperature the temperature anomalies are fairly flat from 1998 up to around 2015. They then rise rapidly reaching a peak in 2016 and start to drop back again. The current temperatures are not much above the 1998 -2015 level. Are these data sources acceptable to you? Do you prefer to listen to XR?
Tony, see my response above. The climate has changed, is changing and will continue to change. A little warming is certainly better than a little cooling. Read the literature on life during the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age. Which would you prefer?
