It's like being outside on a hot dayit feels hotter when you are standing in the direct sun than when you are standing in the shade.
Unfortunately, the warming is in an accelerating trend -- the climate has not yet caught up with what we've already put into the atmosphere. There are steps we should take, but it seems that shaking people out of complacency will take a strong incentive.
Even though models predict a close link between atmospheric and surface temperatures, there has been a large difference in the actual measurements. This has muddied the interpretation of reported warming.
But most people had to conclude, based on the fact that there were both satellite and balloon observations, that it really wasn't warming up.
Things being debated now are details about the models. Nobody is debating any more that significant climate changes are coming.
There were a lot of tense nights when he was on the loose.
