Was the hockey stick basically correct? The National Academy of Sciences said it was. Since then it%26#039;s been duplicated many times, with better statistical methods.

http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/Ima... Further, the blade of the stick just happens to occur when he and his co-authors started using thermometers instead of tree ring proxy data.

seems so.

however, i think al gore has taken far more flack.
and while he often promoted the worst scenario, he was generally correct also.

oh my, it just occurred to me.
are there Swift Climate Veterans posting?

No, there are studies, as well as historical records that indicate the the MWP was as warm or warmer than present, the hockey stick downplays the MWP.

No it wasn%26#039;t, are you done yet, go home Bob your planet is calling you back.

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