Basic problem is that all models are wrong - not got enough middle and low level clouds.

Bottom line: the ‘no upward trend’ has to continue for a total of 15 years before we get worried.

Basic problem is that all models are wrong - not got enough middle and low level clouds.

You might want to check with the IPCC Bureau. I've been told that IPCC is above national FOI Acts. One way to cover yourself and all those working in AR5 [the upcoming IPCC Fifth Assessment Report] would be to delete all e-mails at the end of the process. Hard to do, as not everybody will remember it.

Mom's always know how to make us happy, but they also know exactly how to make us cry.

...I can't see either of these papers being in the next IPCC report. Kevin [Trenberth] and I will keep them out somehow, even if we have to redefine what the peer-review literature is!

In an odd way (the death of John Daly) is cheering news!