Global Holding

So say German scientists:

Global warming is taking a break that could last for another 10 years or so.

That's the latest word from a team of climate researchers in Germany. Global average temperatures should remain above normal, the team suggests. But additional warming – already on hold over the first seven years of this decade – is likely to remain that way for another decade. The reason? The team says it expects natural shifts in ocean circulation to affect temperatures in ways that temporarily out-wrestle the effects of rising greenhouse-gas emissions.

I'm beginning to question the global warming doomsters. Something's up, but nobody knows exactly what.

I want more of my scientists to just say that. "Here's our best guess, but hell if we know." Paradoxically, it would do wonders for their credibility.