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GLOBAL WARMING: Mother Nature Cools the Greenhouse, but Hotter Times Still Lie Ahead
Richard A. Kerr
A new paper shows that regional and even global temperatures are being temporarily held down by a natural jostling of the climate system, driven in large part by vacillating ocean currents.