Is this true about the last decade? All I ever hear is that each year broke another record for warmest. Can someone point me to the data for this?
Here's a chart with sufficient resolution to show what's going on, the high spikes in temp are due to El Nino.
http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/Fig.C_lrg.gif
However, seems we are peaking out in the the Solar cycle:
New Scientist - Hyperactive sun comes out in spots
The interesting test will be on whether or not ocean and tropospheric temperatures drop as this 1000 year high in solar activity reverses as it is predicted for coming decades.
NASA - Long Range Solar Forecast
And may already be showing up in falling ocean temperatures since ~2003
Sea Change in Global Warming
Patrick J. Michaels
The American Spectator, 8/25/2006
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=10273
See also:
Global cooling effect
Terence Corcoran, National Post
September 16, 2006
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=9e919563-e44b-4ca2-9706-8af9cf743c95
Earth in for another "ice age" in mid-century - scientist
ST. PETERSBURG, February 6 (RIA Novosti) - Low solar activity could trigger a global freeze in the middle of the 21st century, a Russian astronomer said Monday.
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060206/43371626.html