"Have you heard that the world is now cooling instead of warming? You may have seen some news reports on the Internet or heard about it from a provocative new book.

"Only one problem: It's not true, according to an analysis of the numbers done by several independent statisticians for The Associated Press.

"Statisticians who analyzed the data found a distinct decades-long upward trend in the numbers, but could not find a significant drop in the past 10 years in either data set. The ups and downs during the last decade repeat random variability in data as far back as 1880."

a close look at just how the denialists skew the data to further their own agenda...and a compelling suggestion it is not just an honest error, but a deliberate and malicious deception.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_on_sc/us_sci_global_cooling