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Everyone's talking about how cool last winter was, except of course for Algore. However, the high priest's disciples have taken note and they have a response.

You see, it's just temporary.

Global temperatures will drop slightly this year as a result of the cooling effect of the La Nina current in the Pacific, UN meteorologists have said.

The World Meteorological Organization's secretary-general, Michel Jarraud, told the BBC it was likely that La Nina would continue into the summer. This would mean global temperatures have not risen since 1998, prompting some to question climate change theory.

Blasphemy! The article is quick to turn to the "experts".

But experts say we are still clearly in a long-term warming trend - and they forecast a new record high temperature within five years.

The WMO points out that the decade from 1998 to 2007 was the warmest on record. Since the beginning of the 20th Century, the global average surface temperature has risen by 0.74C.

So.... the past 10 years have been warmer or cooler? Which is it? Nevermind the reports about faulty measurements. Even if they were credible, we're talking LESS THAN A DEGREE over 10 years. We're all gonna die!

Mr Jarraud told the BBC that the effect was likely to continue into the summer, depressing temperatures globally by a fraction of a degree.

This would mean that temperatures have not risen globally since 1998 when El Nino warmed the world.

Can these people PLEASE make up their minds?

A minority of scientists question whether this means global warming has peaked and argue the Earth has proved more resilient to greenhouse gases than predicted.

But Mr Jarraud insisted this was not the case and noted that 2008 temperatures would still be well above average for the century.

"When you look at climate change you should not look at any particular year," he said. "You should look at trends over a pretty long period and the trend of temperature globally is still very much indicative of warming.

Hmmm... Look at trends over a period of many years. Good idea, Mr. Jarraud! While we're at it, why don't we also examine trends over the past 1000 years? We'd surely get a more accurate picture, no? What was that, Mr. Jarraud? We can't talk about natural warming and cooling cycles over such a great length of time?

La Nina is part of what we call 'variability'. There has always been and there will always be cooler and warmer years, but what is important for climate change is that the trend is up; the climate on average is warming even if there is a temporary cooling because of La Nina.

El Nino and La Nina. Those two lovebirds just need to get a room.

The lesson I take away from the article is this: If it seems to be cooler lately, we must brush it off as nonsense because the trends over the past couple of decades show that it's not going to last. After all, we must recognize the natural cycles of warming and cooling. Fair enough. But when someone points out the long-term cycles over a period of several centuries, which proves AGW to be a hoax, we're expected to just ignore it.

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