Mail and Guardian: Sceptics cite a clever bit of mathematical trickery where they "prove" that temperatures have not increased in the last 15 years. They then combine this with the fact that temperature increases in the last decade have not been as rapid as were predicted, and sell the narrative that global warming has paused.
This is done by taking a very warm point in 1998 and showing that this has not been exceeded by much in recent years. It's an easy way to distract from real debate. And it has led to sensational...