On Friday, the BBC posted an article entitled, "What happened to global warming?" The article states that for the past eleven years there has been no increase in global temperatures. During that time carbon dioxide levels have continued to rise. This contradicts the climate models some scientists have used to predict future climate changes.
In a related story at Watts Up With That, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory has sent out a press release saying that scientists from across the country have successfully found a way to incorporate the nitrogen cycle into climate change predictions. I have no idea what the science here is, but what this means to me is that scientists are still learning in their predictions of climate change.
There is currently a total lack of agreement on what the trends in temperature will be over the coming years. Some scientists predict global warming, some predict global cooling. Generally speaking, the jury is still out. Keeping this in mind, it might be a good idea for the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen to move cautiously to combat 'global warming' rather than taking drastic action to solve a problem that may not exist.
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