Not that anyone but a few Deniers was particularly worried that some microscopic revision in a few years of temperature data meant the theory of human-caused global warming was even slightly undercut — but progressives need to be know all the rebuttals. I had emailed Gavin Schmidt at RealClimate about this — I’m sure I wasn’t alone — and he put together a very nice debunking post.

As Gavin writes, “there is clearly a latent and deeply felt wish in some sectors for the whole problem of global warming to be reduced to a statistical quirk or a mistake.” Sad.

Met Office says world is warming up faster than at any time in 100 years — The Scotsman. Prediction: “At least half of the years 2009 to 2014 will be hotter than 1998, the warmest year on record. And their research predicts 2014 is likely to be 0.3C warmer globally than 2004. This is a sharp increase, as the average global temperature has risen by only 0.8C since 1900.”

Early springs show Siberia is warming fast — New Scientist. That’s bad news because Siberia contains so much of the Earth’s carbon locked away in permafrost.