"This is where the looney left gets lost . Their mantra is atmospheric CO2 levels are escalating and this is unquestionably causing earth 's temperature rise . But ask yourself -- if global temperatures are experiencing the biggest sustained drop in decades , while CO2 levels continue to rise -- how can it be true ?"
"Because internal variability from the likes of ENSO , which can cause short term swings of a full degree C , easily swamp the smaller increase we 'd expect from CO2 forcing . Easy ."
"This is where the looney left gets lost ."
"Because internal variability from the likes of ENSO"