RSS June - "Worse Than We Thought" « Climate Audit

Lucia was quick off the mark with RSS June results. RSS June was 0.075 deg C (reference 1979-2008). The graph shows somewhat of a decline from earlier in the year.

In a joint statement, realclimate authors Gavin Schmidt, Michael Mann, Stefan Rahmstorf and Eric Steig noted their disappointment with market performance. However, Rahmstorf observed that, if these results were embedded in a 15-dimensional manifold, the results were still "worse than we thought". Michael Mann said that the decline in June RSS values was disinformation from fossil fuel interests and issued a fatwa on those responsible. [Note to realclimate readers - this is a satirical comment; they did not really make the above statements.]

Interview: Lonnie Thompson : article : Nature Reports Climate Change

Glaciers are like sentinels, and they're telling us that the system is changing. The first thing we look for in the ice is radioactivity from thermonuclear bomb tests in 1962–1963 and 1951–1952.
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This same scenario is playing out on Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa. When we drilled there in 2000 we found the 1951 test preserved, but not the 1962 test.

By Thompson's own "logic", wouldn't this imply no warming between 1951 and 2000?