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The current “ pause ** ” in global warming recorded by two satellites and thousands of weather balloons, now nearly two decades on, does give pause to the hypothesis that higher CO2 will inevitably lead to higher temperatures.
During this period of no significant warming, about one-third of all human CO2 emissions since the beginning of the Industrial Age has been emitted into the atmosphere. The best outcome would be that CO2 does cause some measure of warming, but somewhat lower than that suggested by extreme predictions.
** It will only become evident, within 14 to 18 months from June of 2016 as to whether the now ending strong El Nino has added any ” step ” to the pause of almost 20 years. See both UAH and RSS Temp anomaly data.
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