I'm merely convinced that the existence of the hiatus in the measured temperatures isn't very strong evidence of anything beyond itself.
So, in this thread, who are you arguing against? Did someone say "this hiatus certainly means X"?
The trouble with merely pointing at things and saying "Behold!" rather than making an actual argument
If you were to bother looking at the start of this subthread, you would have seen that the original issue was
the disagreement was just over the existence of a recent hiatus in land-ocean surface temperature warming
Questions about existence are adequately answered by merely pointing at things and saying "Behold!"
I have a feeling you are searching for an opponent who would claim something along the lines of "The hiatus is a incontrovertible proof that global warming isn't happening" and are disappointed that such an opponent is unwilling to present himself.
who are you arguing against? [...] just over the existence of a recent hiatus in land-ocean surface temperature warming
OK, so let's try to be really clear about this. I suggest that there are three possible claims here. GRAPH: "if you look at the temperature graph, its gradient is lower circa 2005 than circa 1990". SIGNIFICANT: "GRAPH, and furthermore the difference in gradients is too large to be adequately explained by noise". MECHANISM: "SIGNIFICANT, and furthermore the best explanation is that something has changed in whatev...
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.
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