Sentences with phrase «considered representative of global temperature changes»
Now that 1 - 4 have been pointed out, Marcott claims, contra 5, that the uptick is «not statistically robust» and «can not be considered representative of global temperature changes».
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What is a 4th grade Science teacher (or a 12th grade AP physics teacher) going to do if one of her students asks what it means for Figure 1C of the Marcott graph given the recent caveat: «20th century portion of our paleotemperature stack is not statistically robust, can not be considered representative of global temperature changes, and therefore is not the basis of any of our conclusions.»
But now they say the 20th century uptick is not robust, can not be considered representative of global temperature changes, and is not the basis of any of our conclusions.
Above we read:» Thus, the 20th century portion of our paleotemperature stack is not statistically robust, can not be considered representative of global temperature changes, and therefore is not the basis of any of our conclusions.»
Although they now apparently concede that «the 20th century portion of our paleotemperature stack is not statistically robust, can not be considered representative of global temperature changes, and therefore is not the basis of any of our conclusions», this was definitely not the impression left by the authors when the article was published, when it was hailed as supposed confirmation of the Hockey Stick.
Marcott quote @RC yesterday: «the 20th century portion of the paleotemperature stack is not statistically robust, can not be considered representative of global temperature changes, and therefore is not the basis of any of our conclusions».
Perhaps the best way for regular folks like us to counter the damage done is that anytime Marcott et al is mentioned, to always refer to the Marcott et al graph as this version below, along with the quote from their FAQs since the uptick «is not statistically robust, can not be considered representative of global temperature changes»:
... the 20th century portion of our paleotemperature stack is not statistically robust, can not be considered representative of global temperature changes...