First the oft used rationale that short periods
without substantial rise have been seen before ignores the fact that GHG forcing now is much higher than in those past records and one might expect this higher forcing to make a difference.
Not exact matches
We've had ten years
without a temperature
rise, and this past winter, in both hemispheres, has marked a
substantial downturn.
The report concluded that the process will remain expensive for decades to come
without substantial added government investment above and beyond a
rising price on CO2 emissions.
To clarify my above comment, I was suggesting that the observed
rise in ocean heat content would be
substantial with or
without the La Nina effect, representing primarily the persistence of a long term warming trend.
Even with the single payer system, our health care costs are a
substantial component of governmental budgets and are likely to
rise to unsustainable levels with our aging population
without further changes to the system (some of which are likely to reduce the «competency» of those providing health services — i.e. less reliance on doctors).