Al Gore declared the scientific discussion closed. He won an Academy Award and Nobel Peace Prize to prove it. Hollywood stars jumped on the bandwagon. There were concerts heard 'round the world on the looming Armageddon.

But it's May and the furnace in my basement is still working periodically to heat our home.

Where's the promised, dreaded, global warming at?

German climate scientists have just published a study in the respected science journal Nature suggesting global warming has stopped and will not resume until at least 2015.

In other words (my words, not theirs) contrary to the received wisdom of Al Gore's simplistic and propagandistic An Inconvenient Truth, global temperatures aren't moving in lockstep with rising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the science isn't settled and we don't know everything we need to know.

Based on new, computer-generated climate models that factor in natural ocean currents, the researchers conclude: "Our results suggest that global surface temperatures may not increase over the next decade, as natural climate variations in the North Atlantic and tropical Pacific temporarily offset the projected anthropogenic (man-made) warming."
— Lorrie Goldstein, Toronto Sun

When "An Inconvenient Truth II" comes out, Al Gore will surely issue a correction? Leonardo DiCaprio will surely admit that the science they claimed wasn't fact, but a false scare based on emotion.

Don't hold your breath. Exhale all that C02…!