They also fail to appreciate that because solar radiation was at a historic
high during the period in question it likely follows that there was a net solar warming of the oceans throughout the period even though the rate of solar radiation was on average stable during that period.
About half the drop
in sea level
during the 18 - month
period in question could be ascribed to unusually
high rainfall
in Australia, the researchers will report
in a forthcoming issue of Geophysical Research Letters.
I've got eight other graphs on the DeSmog Blog, none of which has been
questioned in the least, all showing a hockey stick shape
in the temperature from 1,000 years ago to today, and all of them showing a pretty similar — the idea that there was a Medieval Warming
Period during which the temperature was
higher than it is now is, that is like, flagrantly incorrect is the nicest way that I can say it.