Thanks ctstover for getting the ball rolling...<p>An even more egregious quote is &quot;Last week, I wrote about new evidence that shows Earth’s climate system has moved into an unprecedented state over the last several months, at least since the invention of agriculture 10,000 years ago.&quot;<p>We have no exact data on what temperatures were like during the Medieval Warm Period or other earlier warm periods (Roman and Minoan, both less than 4000 years ago). There is no way to say whether or not El Niño conditions caused higher spikes during those times, but it&#x27;s highly likely they did based on simple statistics.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;hot-topic.co.nz&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;2011&#x2F;01&#x2F;easterbrook_fig5.png" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;hot-topic.co.nz&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;2011&#x2F;01&#x2F;easterbroo...</a><p>The other rather important data is that the biggest spike in average global temperature during the 1998 El Niño was considerably higher than the current spike so far. In fact, so far this spike has not even topped 2010.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.drroyspencer.com&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;UAH_LT_1979_thru_October_2015_v6.png" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.drroyspencer.com&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;UAH_LT_1979_t...</a><p>In short, this is breathless hype from Salon, promoting climate related panic in the hopes of pushing through a globalist agenda at the upcoming climate conference. Shameful!