1.  Ground measurements are continually subject to opaque “adjustments.”
2. Ground measurements do not correlate well with Satellite and Balloon measurements.
3. Satellite data shows no significant warming since 1997, and much of the warming is clearly due to El Nino caused temperature spikes.
4. CO2 has substantially increased during this period that is referred to as “the pause.”
5. The data adjustments aren’t similar to adjustments for random errors, where the adjustments are also random in nature. Temperature “adjustments” almost universally increase the slope of the temperature graph, lowering distal and elevating proximal data. The result is to suspiciously make the temperature increase more linear and in line with the CO2 increase.

Britain’s drivers count the cost of Labour’s diesel folly 

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An embarrassing U-turn by the promoters of pointless carbophobia as diesel cars get the role of public enemy.
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It’s less than 20 years since the Labour government – backed by the vociferous green lobby and most of the scientific community – urged motorists to abandon their nasty, carbon-emitting, petrol-engine cars and convert to diesel.

With hindsight, looking at the names of the politicians who pushed this revolution – John Prescott, Neil Kinnock (then EU Transport Commissioner), Gordon Brown – we should have known it would end in tears. But at the time we were assured that driving a diesel was good for the planet and buying one was doing a public service.

With the help of generous tax incentives, the number of diesel vehicles on our roads rocketed from just over 6 per cent of the total in 1990 to around 40 per cent. Diesel cars have increased in number on British roads from six per cent in 1990 to around 40 per cent today as a result of favourable tax policies introduced by Labour politicians.

But how dramatically things have changed. In what seems like no time, diesel drivers have gone from being public-spirited citizens to demons. They are now told their cars are a menace, spewing out nitrous oxides and toxic particles and contributing to the deaths of thousands of people every year.

One pressure group describes the rise of diesel as ‘the biggest health catastrophe since the Black Death’. And to complete their misery, there are plans to penalise diesel motorists by charging them up to £20 a day to drive in 35 towns and cities across England.

They have a perfect right to be furious. Through no fault of their own they are being fleeced and of course the poorest, who don’t have the option of changing to a car with lower emissions, will be hardest hit.

Source: Britain’s Drivers Count The Cost Of Labour’s Diesel Folly | The Global Warming Policy Forum (GWPF)

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April 3, 2017 at 01:51AM

UAH Global Temperature Update for March, 2017: +0.19 deg. C

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The Version 6.0 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for March, 2017 was +0.19 deg. C, down from the February, 2017 value of +0.35 deg. C (click for full size version):

The global, hemispheric, and tropical LT anomalies from the 30-year (1981-2010) average for the last 15 months are:

YEAR MO GLOBE NHEM. SHEM. TROPICS
2016 01 +0.54 +0.69 +0.39 +0.84
2016 02 +0.83 +1.16 +0.50 +0.98
2016 03 +0.73 +0.94 +0.52 +1.08
2016 04 +0.71 +0.85 +0.58 +0.93
2016 05 +0.54 +0.64 +0.44 +0.71
2016 06 +0.33 +0.50 +0.17 +0.37
2016 07 +0.39 +0.48 +0.29 +0.47
2016 08 +0.43 +0.55 +0.31 +0.49
2016 09 +0.44 +0.49 +0.38 +0.37
2016 10 +0.40 +0.42 +0.39 +0.46
2016 11 +0.45 +0.40 +0.50 +0.37
2016 12 +0.24 +0.18 +0.30 +0.21
2017 01 +0.30 +0.26 +0.33 +0.07
2017 02 +0.35 +0.54 +0.15 +0.05
2017 03 +0.19 +0.30 +0.07 +0.03

The cooling in March occurred virtually everywhere, with 23 of the 26 subregions we track having cooler anomalies than in February.

The UAH LT global anomaly image for March, 2017 should be available in the next few days here.

The new Version 6 files should also be updated soon, and are located here:

Lower Troposphere: http://ift.tt/2gVtMDe
Mid-Troposphere: http://ift.tt/2gCPmk0
Tropopause: http://ift.tt/2gVrWCC
Lower Stratosphere: http://ift.tt/2gCN2tc

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April 3, 2017 at 01:08AM

Global warming fail: Study finds melting sea ice is actually helping Arctic animals

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Proponents of the theory humans are primarily responsible for rising global temperatures long claimed wildlife are harmed significantly by global warming, and that unless mankind stops producing significant amounts of carbon-dioxide emissions, the world’s animals will not be able to thrive. While rising temperatures have certainly put a strain on species in some parts of […]

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April 3, 2017 at 12:37AM