Cherry-picking data 2/2

A well-known example of cherry-picking in the climate debate is the focus on short-term temperature fluctuations to argue that global warming is not happening. For instance, skeptics might highlight a few cold winters or a short period where global temperatures appear to plateau, ignoring the long-term trend of rising temperatures. This was famously seen in the “global warming hiatus” argument, where a temporary slowdown in the rate of global temperature increase from the late 1990s to the early 2010s was presented as evidence that global warming had stopped. However, when looking at the broader context, it is clear that the overall trend remains one of significant warming over the past century.