[Shiraz (Ray)]

I hope you can keep this one focused on the science Alex - it is interesting research, even though the linked article may have a rather misleading and inflammatory heading.

My understanding is that the paper is not saying that all of the temp data needs revision - there seems to be no doubt that there has been a long period with no significant air warming. What this and other studies are showing is that our response should probably be "so what" - the various global heat transfer systems are highly variable and a couple of decades with no increase is entirely consistent with the underlying dynamics. ie the flattening off in the air temperature data is a temporary fluctuation and not a statistically significant indicator that global warming has stopped. Is that how others read it?

Unfortunately, it will be all too easy for some to dismiss this research as self serving revisionism, even though it actually looks to be a significant improvement in data analysis methods.