Editorial: "Is it time to stop worrying about global warming?"
"Global warming on pause". "
IF YOU have been reading the papers of late, you may be under the impression that global warming isn't proceeding as expected.
While most mainstream media have been careful to point out that the apparent lack of recent warming is probably just a temporary hiatus, a few outlets have suggested there is more to it than that. "The climate may be heating up less in response to greenhouse-gas emissions than was once thought," one magazine claimed.
What is going on? Has global warming really slowed or stopped in recent years? If so, why? And does this mean the world won't warm as ...
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