Climate slowdown means extreme rates of warming 'not as likely'

[xchrom]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22567023

Scientists say the recent downturn in the rate of global warming will lead to lower temperature rises in the short-term.

Since 1998, there has been an unexplained "standstill" in the heating of the Earth's atmosphere.

Writing in Nature Geoscience, the researchers say this will reduce predicted warming in the coming decades.

But long-term, the expected temperature rises will not alter significantly.

[dipsydoodle]

1. Seems to me this is becoming a matter of who reports what and when

This for example http://www.democraticunderground.com/112744021 is contradicted here http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-03/india/35569707_1_bara-shigri-glaciers-snowfall

[xchrom]

2. yeah -- i have no idea.

arguments over maths and patterns that are beyond me.

[tinrobot]

3. Melt the arctic and there will be a rush of cold water into the ocean...

...which can provide a slight cooling, perhaps?

Once the arctic is gone, however...

[FBaggins]

4. Hardly "news"

"Scientists say that the recent decline in Ted's highway speed will lead to fewer miles traveled in the next few minutes"

"Scientists say that a slower rate of temperature increase means a slower rate of temperature increase for a little while"

IOW... "duh"

[pscot]

5. I thought the "missing" atmospheric heat

had been "found" in ocean warming. This article will be manna for the denial crowd. They thrive on doubt.

[truebrit71]

8. Exactly.

None of the deniers will bother reading to the "we're still screwed in the end anyway" part and just shout about the "we're not warming" bit...

Bloody brilliant

[wtmusic]

6. Guardian reporting this story as "Climate change: human disaster looms, claims new research"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/19/climate-change-meltdown-unlikely-research

[truebrit71]

7. The end result is that we're still screwed...

...but not right away....right?

I thought that global temperatures always fluctuated, they were never just going to continue to go up in a straight line...

It sounds, to my ears at least, that this is just more re-arranging the deckchairs, because in the end, we're still going to hit the proverbial iceberg....

[cprise]

9. They are talking about surface vs ocean temps

Surface warming will be slower than predicted, but overall warming is actually accelerating.