Questions Surrounding the 'hockey Stick' Temperature Studies: Implications for Climate Change Assessments : Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, Second Session, July 19 and July 27, 2006U.S. Government Printing Office, 2006 - 872 pages |
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... what is widely known as the ' hockey stick ' graph , for its resemblance to the shape of a hockey stick . As a result , these With its relatively long and even trend for 900 years studies are known as the " hockey stick " studies . 3.
... what is widely known as the ' hockey stick ' graph , for its resemblance to the shape of a hockey stick . As a result , these With its relatively long and even trend for 900 years studies are known as the " hockey stick " studies . 3.
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... trend for 900 years and then sharp up - tick during the 20th Century , the " hockey stick " graph effectively undermined what had been the prevailing view that we had experienced periods of similar or even higher average temperatures in ...
... trend for 900 years and then sharp up - tick during the 20th Century , the " hockey stick " graph effectively undermined what had been the prevailing view that we had experienced periods of similar or even higher average temperatures in ...
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... trend indeed . With all these examples , it only becomes more clear that false logic will not bring us closer to an understanding of the scientific truth . The truth is alarming . Sea levels are rising . Glaciers are melting and storms ...
... trend indeed . With all these examples , it only becomes more clear that false logic will not bring us closer to an understanding of the scientific truth . The truth is alarming . Sea levels are rising . Glaciers are melting and storms ...
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... trend ( AD 1000-1900 ) 1998 instrumental value -1.0 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 Year FIGURE 3 2000 Last Updated in August 2000 by tan Macadam Two principal methods for temperature reconstructions have been used ; CFR ( climate field ...
... trend ( AD 1000-1900 ) 1998 instrumental value -1.0 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 Year FIGURE 3 2000 Last Updated in August 2000 by tan Macadam Two principal methods for temperature reconstructions have been used ; CFR ( climate field ...
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... trend , and it has been said by some people that that might not be surprising coming from a cooling off period that you would normally get warmer going through a warming trend . So the question that I would ask , as you look into the ...
... trend , and it has been said by some people that that might not be surprising coming from a cooling off period that you would normally get warmer going through a warming trend . So the question that I would ask , as you look into the ...
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