Global warming appears to have stalled. Climatologists are
puzzled as to why average global temperatures have stopped
rising over the last 10 years. Some attribute the trend to a
lack of sunspots, while others explain it through ocean
currents. By Gerald Traufetter At least the weather in
Copenhagen is likely to be cooperating. The Danish
Meteorological Institute predicts that temperatures in December,
when the city will host the United Nations Climate Change
Conference, will be one degree above the long-term average.
Otherwise, however, not much is happening with global warming at
the moment. The Earth’s average temperatures have stopped
climbing since the beginning of the millennium, and it even
looks as though global warming could come to a standstill this
year. Ironically, climate change appears to have stalled in the
run-up to the upcoming world summit in the Danish capital, where
thousands of politicians, bureaucrats, scientists, business
leaders and environmental activists plan to negotiate a
reduction