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The Hockey Stick Controversy

Many denialists have claimed that the Hockey stick was wrong and they can prove it because a congressional subcommittee said it was wrong. Is there anyone on the planet that doesn't think a congressional subcommittee can be wrong? Nevertheless, here we show, and reference, the facts regarding 'The Hockey Stick' and the argument.

The Hockey Stick Controversy

The Hockey Stick

It's a funny thing. As soon as you say something is controversial, it becomes controversial. The scientific reality of the 'Hockey Stick', is completely uncontroversial when you consider the statistical significance of the arguments presented.

As usual, people are taking the science out of context of its actual relevance. The hockey stick is still a hockey stick and still relevant science. It was never removed from IPCC reports. It is a solid piece of a puzzle that shows a serious change in our climate system that is not only human caused, but profoundly impactful on the global economy of system interactions.

The 'hockey stick' is probably one of the most scientifically reviewed items in the history of modern science.

When all was said and done, the mistakes that mathematician Steven McIntyre and economist Ross McKitrick pointed out, to a congressional subcommittee, were 'statistically insignificant' and deemed irrelevant to the overall strength of the model.

What is even more interesting is that you can throw out the MBH 'hockey stick' and still see with all the collected science that the climate is still warmer now than in the MWP (medieval warm period).

Was the 'Hockey Stick' removed from IPCC reports? No.

If you thought the hockey stick is no longer in IPCC reports... well look again. There it is in the top left hand corner MBH1999. Yes, it's still a hockey stick and yes it is still in the reports. Nothing has been removed.

IPCC Temperature Reconstruction

IPCC Temperature Reconstruction (Including MBH1999 "The Hockey Stick")

You may also notice that the other Global Climate Models indicate similar warming patterns and none of the indicate climate cooling trends.

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