Climategate scientist: There's been no Global Warming since 1995

[Ron in Regina]

Like the scientist(s?) at the University of East Anglia in the opening post.
If anyone would be ignorant of the relevant statistics, it would be the Director
of the Climatic Research Unit at that University. 8O (;-))

He believes in Man-Made Global Warming. I checked. I've read the article
below and have discovered the answer to many of the questions asked on
this subject. That would be, "See again my answer to D." :lol::lol::lol:

BBC News - Q&A: Professor Phil Jones


This "Phil Jones" has had a tough road lately, and is understandably defensive.

 

[Tonington]

The last ten years for GISS, HadCRUT, UAH, and RSS. All slopes are positive:

For the last 15 years, all slopes are positive:

Like I said, more accurately there has been no proof that global warming has stopped. What Phil Jones said is that the trend over the last 15 years is not statistically significant. That's true. If that is a shock to anyone, like I said, they don't understand statistics. If something is significant, it means the signal is large enough to be distinguished from the noise. Hence why short term trends don't say much, and why all that malarky about no global warming since 1998, or whatever that morphing meme changes to is an irrelevant piece of garbage.

 

[darkbeaver]

The statistics have killed oranges in Florida. The statistics have to be plowed off the roads in the UK. Where do all those plotted temperatures come from I wonder?

 

[Tonington]

The statistics have killed oranges in Florida. The statistics have to be plowed off the roads in the UK. Where do all those plotted temperatures come from I wonder?

The statistics killed nothing. To say there has been no global warming for 15 years based on what Jones said is a misunderstanding of statistics. The past 15 years as part of a longer time series is significant.

Here is a good start for those who don't understand:
Riddle me this … « Open Mind

The temperatures come from ground based thermometers and microwave sounding units aboard orbiting satellites.

 

[Niflmir]

Am I the only person that noticed the complete lack of direct quotations in that article?

Also, since when did people trust authorities? Enough data has always been public for people to analyse it themselves.

 

[Tonington]

Am I the only person that noticed the complete lack of direct quotations in that article?

The BBC interview is much better.