Global warming since 1995 'now significant' (BBC)

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By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News

Climate warming since 1995 is now statistically significant, according to Phil Jones, the UK scientist targeted in the "ClimateGate" affair.

Last year, he told BBC News that post-1995 warming was not significant - a statement still seen on blogs critical of the idea of man-made climate change.

But another year of data has pushed the trend past the threshold usually used to assess whether trends are "real".

Dr Jones says this shows the importance of using longer records for analysis.

By widespread convention, scientists use a minimum threshold of 95% to assess whether a trend is likely to be down to an underlying cause, rather than emerging by chance.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13719510




Of course, people who don't respect facts are unlikely to respect statistics.

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