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changesincloudcover,cloudbrightness andcloudheight—all ofwhichareknowntovary
substantially more than needed in the present climate.
This suggests that the paradigm of climate represented by a single number (globally
and annually averaged temperature anomaly) forced by a globally and annually averaged
radiativeimbalanceistotallyinappropriateforthemostimportantclimatevariabilityofthe
last million years.
Conclusion
What we have seen is that the climate is probably insensitive to increases in greenhouse
gases, and that there is little reason to suppose that a warmer world will be notably
characterised by storminess and extremes though both are part of normal weather
variability. Scientific agreement is largely premised on agreement over trivial issues that
are distinct from alarm. However, the acquiescence of science in this abuse is disturbing to
say the least.
