false postulates#neither the rate nor the magnitude of the reported late twentieth centurysurface warming (1979–2000) lay outside normal natural variability.#the late twentieth century warm peak was of no greater magnitude thanprevious peaks caused entirely by natural forcings and feedbacks.#historically, increases in atmospheric co2 followed increases intemperature, they did not precede them. therefore, co2 levels could nothave forced temperatures to rise. #solar forcings are not too small to explain twentieth century warming.in fact, their effect could be equal to or greater than the effect of co2in the atmosphere.#a warming of 2°c or more during the twenty-first century wouldprobably not be harmful, on balance, because many areas of the worldwould benefit from or adjust to climate change. unreliable circumstantial evidence#melting of arctic sea ice and polar icecaps is not occurring at“unnatural” rates and does not constitute evidence of a human impacton the climate.#best available data show sea-level rise is not accelerating. local andregional sea levels continue to exhibit typical natural variability – insome places rising and in others falling. #the link between warming and drought is weak, and by some measuresdrought decreased over the twentieth century. changes in thehydrosphere of this type are regionally highly variable and show acloser correlation with multidecadal climate rhythmicity than they dowith global temperature. #no convincing relationship has been established between warming overthe past 100 years and increases in extreme weather events.
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