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Stagnating Temperatures: Climatologists Baffled by Global Warming Time-Out - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

Global warming appears to have stalled. Climatologists are puzzled as to why average global temperatures have stopped rising over the last 10 years. Some attribute the trend to a lack of sunspots, while others explain it through ocean currents.

At least the weather in Copenhagen is likely to be cooperating. The Danish Meteorological Institute predicts that temperatures in December, when the city will host the United Nations Climate Change Conference, will be one degree above the long-term average.

Otherwise, however, not much is happening with global warming at the moment. The Earth's average temperatures have stopping climbing since the beginning of the millennium, and it even looks as though global warming could come to a standstill this year.

Ironically, climate change appears to have stalled in the run-up to the upcoming world summit in the Danish capital, where thousands of politicians, bureaucrats, scientists, business leaders and environmental activists plan to negotiate a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Billions of euros are at stake in the negotiations.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Nov 19th, 2009 at 10:54:05 AM EST
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I don't know about elsewhere but here in Australia we are experiencing extremely high temperatures and actually summer came this year during spring time.
It's unbearable...
During my visit to Belgrade it was also very very hot which was unusual for that area 20-30 years ago.In Belgrade practically everyone has air conditioning now and we did not need it in the past.  
by vbo on Thu Nov 19th, 2009 at 11:03:55 PM EST
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