Também aqui há mãozinha de "chico esperto"

Os aquecimentistas dizem agora que o aquecimento global, se calhar, não se voltará a manifestar até ... 2020.

"We hypothesize that the established pre-1998 trend is the true forced warming signal, and that the climate system effectively overshot this signal in response to the 1997/98 El Niño. This overshoot is in the process of radiatively dissipating, and the climate will return to its earlier defined, greenhouse gas-forced warming signal. If this hypothesis is correct, the era of consistent record-breaking global mean temperatures will not resume until roughly 2020."

Até aqui, o CO2 era a força decisiva capaz de esturricar o planeta. Agora, há outra capaz de a aplacar.