Conservative media can't stop denying there was no global warming 'pause' | Dana Nuccitelli
In the Spectator, the GWPF keeps denying facts and reality
Scientists have proven time and time again that global warming continues unabated. Most recently, a study published last week showed that over the past two decades, the oceans have warmed faster than prior estimates. This study affirmed the findings of a 2015 NOAA paper - not surprisingly attacked by deniers - that removed a cool bias in the data, finding there never was a global warming "pause."
This particular myth has been a favorite of deniers over the past decade for one simple reason - if people can be convinced that global warming stopped, they won't consider it a threat that we need to urgently address by cutting fossil fuel consumption. It's thus become one of the most common myths peddled by carbon polluters and their allies.
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