What is your definition of AGW csteele?

cohenite,

"...Marcott simply smoothed away all the nasty warm periods in the past...."

http://tamino.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/smearing-climate-data/

Ahem, cohenite....

http://theclimatescepticsparty.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/mini-ice-age-has-started-prof-warns.html

Bloody alarmists - what's the world coming to?

: )

Poirot, I have interpreted Tamino for you a number of times; this time you tell what he has done in your link.

You do know that Marcott has conceded their uptick is not robust, don't you?

Apart from that what Marcott shows is that the past was warmer.

I think it is a great paper in that respect.

I don't know what your point is by linking to the post at NCTCS.

Hi Poirot,

The paper you cited in your last post seems to assert that we are heading for a new Ice Age, perhaps even by next year - perhaps the adherents to this theory have been persuaded by the fact that, according to the paper, this past (and current) cold season in Europe is the coldest for 205 years.

But in your defence, perhaps we should suspend judgment on whether or not a New Ice Age is upon us for, let's say, fifteen or sixteen years, to enable us to really observe a definite trend.

After all, perhaps a new Ice Age, global cooling, is a consequence of our production of CO2 - this seemingly anomalous outcome will probably soon be explained in this way by somebody of the standing of Professors Flannery or Steffen, or by Mr Hansen. Whatever they say, I'm sure there will be people who believe them.

Joe

Complex systems, Loudmouth.

http://rabett.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/melting-ice-and-cold-weather.html

That's why atmospheric physicists, oceanographers, etc are collectively referred to as climate scientists.

But why should we take any notice of such people?

What would they know?