New Climate Data Guaranteed To Make Al Gore Hot

Global warming zealots are steamed about new climate data that shows the earth's temperatures have not risen in the last 15 years, despite dire predictions of a steady warming.  Since the end of last year, world temperatures actually have fallen by more than a half-a-degree.

Study results have fueled near hysteria in some scientific and political circles because the research raises fresh skepticism over prophesies about imminent global warming and stokes the fierce debate over the accuracy of climate forecast models.

Even more troubling for some, the research comes from two sources often cited by the climate calamity crowd.  The new study was released jointly by the United Kingdom's national weather service (Met Office) and the University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit (CRU), the same UK outfit that produced the original models used to predict catastrophic temperature hikes.

Established in 1971, the university's CRU has attracted funding from many private and public sources, including the U.S. Department of Energy.  Temperature and climate measurements developed by the group have been relied upon as definitive proof of man-made climate change.

In the face of its own observations, the East Anglia bunch wouldn't budge on its previous ominous predictions, insisting its climate forecast models remain valid.  Many in the scientific community are unconvinced in light of the new evidence.

"If temperatures continue to stay flat or start to cool again, the divergence between the models and recorded data will eventually become so great the whole scientific community will question current theories," wrote Duke University's Dr. Nicola Scafetta.

Benny Peiser, director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation, went even further in his condemnation of the East Anglia climate modeling. "If we don't see convincing evidence of global warming by 2015, it will start to become clear (whether) the models are bunk."

Indeed, emerging data suggests the earth may be entering a cooling phase.  Analysis by climate specialists at NASA and the University of Arizona indicates the energy output from the sun may have peaked and the next cycle could be weaker than earlier projections.  If this proves to be the case, the earth may experience a mini-ice age.

"World temperatures may end up a lot cooler than now for 50 years or more," offers Henrik Svensmark, director of the Center for Sun-Climate Research at Denmark's National Space Institute.

In spite of the chorus from nihilists, global warming scaremongers remain unrepentant.  A spokesman for the Met Office claimed a "reduction of solar activity to levels not seen in hundreds of years would be insufficient to offset the dominant influence of greenhouse gases" on climate change.

Technology has also exposed flaws in East Anglia's data.  For instance, observations from weather balloons and satellites since the late 1950's show no atmospheric warming since 1958, according to Robert M. Carter, an Australian environmental scientist.  Many like him believe this data is more accurate because ground-based thermometers are skewed by heat emitted in urban areas.

With each new revelation, the mainstream media has concealed the data under a barrage of self-serving dribble from politicians and global warming parasites with vested interest in maintaining the charade.  Since East Anglia's data was released, Al Gore and his legion of climate change theologians have been oddly silent.

Perhaps, they are beginning to recognize the truth about our marvelous planet.  The earth's climate has been in a constant state of change since its birth.  There has never been a so-called steady state when applied to the planet's climate.

The sooner Al Gore and his disciples recognize that fact, the better off the world will be in preparing for the inevitable changes in climate that will naturally occur over the next millennium.