Many scientists say the temperature data reflect random climate fluctuations and an unusually hot year, 1998, picked as a starting point for charting temperatures. (phys.org)
Ray Ladbury # 26, I am approaching a conclusion that models are neither experiments nor observations, but are instead tools that scientists use to test their «notions» (thank you, random climate mythologist). (realclimate.org)
Our findings indicate that early climatic fluctuation is best interpreted as a large but random climate excursion imposed on top of the steadily rising global mean temperature associated with anthropogenic forcing. (tamino.wordpress.com)