CNSNews.com - Astronomical Influences Affect Climate More Than CO2, Say Experts

As it turns out, this warming trend could be over anyway, according to Easterbrook, the geologist from Washington State. A slight cooling period that began to take hold in 1998 could endure for the next 30 years, he forecasts.

A phenomenon known as the “Pacific Decadal Oscillation” (warming and cooling modes in the Pacific Ocean) points the way, in his view.

“It’s practically slam dunk that we are in for about 30 years of global cooling,” he said. Not something you will read about in the media.”