2015 might have seen hottest summer in 4,000 years - NOAA

"Earths average temperature" is an oxymoron. There is no such thing. You have to be more specific and say average temperature this week, this month, this decade this century, this millennium ........ So what is exactly is your frame of reference when you say " earths average temperature"?

 

Since we have been in an ice age for only 2.5 million years of the 4 billion year period, what is the average temperature?

 

Don't forget you are also mimicking half of the true believers as in the other sect of your cult who also believes warming has stopped

Global warming: oceans hide the heat

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2014/09/30/4097388.htm

Indian and Pacific oceans hiding global warming: NASA

WASHINGTON: A layer of the Indian and Pacific oceans, between 100-300 metres below the surface, has been accumulating more heat than previously recognised, thus temporarily hiding global warming, NASA has reported."

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