I think the question was pretty straight-forward. He's asking if this means it's warming, and if that has happened before.
The answer, according to the article, is yes. You say probably not.
I understand your twist on his words is that you mean you believe the mechanism is different this time. But that's not what was asked. Your answer was spin, misleading and a change of topic -- from "is it warming again" to "how is it warming again".
Y'see my point?
Depends on the meaning of "as". This is taken from www.m-w.com; examples of usage got knocked out by similarity to HTML and I'm not inclined to take the time to fix it.
1 : AS IF
2 : in or to the same degree in which -- usually used as a correlative after an adjective or adverb modified by adverbial as or so
3 : in the way or manner that
4 : in accordance with what or the way in which
5 : WHILE, WHEN
6 : regardless of the degree to which : THOUGH
7 : for the reason that : BECAUSE, SINCE
8 : that the result is
I used meaning 7. Pretty straightforward, I think:
Does this mean it is warming up for the reason that it has in the past?
Answer: Probably not.
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