Rapid Spike in CO2 Emissions Shocks Researche

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International attempts at climate regulation have failed on a number of levels. With CO2 emissions rising much more than predicted between 2009 and 2010, the goal of capping global warming at a maximum of 2 degrees Celsius now seems elusive. But political interest in changing course has waned.

When Germany's top climate researcher meets with politicians and average citizens these days, he now starts from the very beginning. Then he delivers a lecture on why the scientific community is so sure that climate change even exists.

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[Wickian]

So CO2 has continued to rise, but the temperature has been stable for a decade?

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So CO2 has continued to rise, but the temperature has been stable for a decade?

Depends where you look: average global temperatures:

according to the skeptics. Even the low spike on their chart is higher than the previous low spike. And sorry to say, in 2010 the average global temperature hit a new high spike breaking all previous records.

[Von Bismarck]

Depends where you look

Yes its depends on if you look at air temperatures or surface temperatures.