Global warming will stop until at least 2015 because of natural variations in the climate, scientists have said. Researchers studying long-term changes in sea temperatures said they now expect a "lull" for up to a decade while natural variations in climate cancel out the increases caused by man-made greenhouse gas emissions. The average temperature of the sea around Europe and North America is expected to cool slightly over the decade while the tropical Pacific remains unchanged. This would mean that the 0.3°C global average temperature rise which has been predicted for the next decade by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change may not happen, according to the paper published in the scientific journal Nature.
UK Telegraph: Global warming may 'stop', scientists predict
BBC News website: Next decade 'may see no warming'
Nature: Climate change: Natural ups and downs
Editor's Summary: Decadal climate prediction
Warming Antarctic waters begin to cool
Antarctica's deep ocean waters are getting colder after years of warming, say researchers who have just returned from a Southern Ocean voyage aboard the German research vessel Polarstern.
DS: Your 10,000 odd makes Mark's 100 > 400 sceptics look a bit seedy hey