Shall we discuss hurricane frequency also?

To be fair, most of us don't have sensors, equipment, etc. The best we can do is read other people's research.

*and yes, I'm being a smart-ass. I know what you meant

There's nothing smart about allowing other people to use selective data to sway your opinion. It's like allowing cnn to read emails for you.

If they say 2011 is x take a look at 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 for yourself. They will not show you data that doesn't work for what they are selling you.

I actually went to school to be a Meteorologist... and I can tell you, contrary to "popular belief" there is NO global warming... we are actually in a slight warming period of a mini ice age that extends back hundreds of years.
There is a political agenda that is being fed by Academia, aka, "fund my research and I will give you anything you want to hear".
You hear that a majority of Climatologist will tell you that global warming is real... that is very skewed...
The REAL data is out there... and not to hard to find, the problem is the lay person trying to find REAL data vs. the made up crap, then deciphering the info.

The Maunder Minimum (1645-1715)
Now if I said I need funding to research squirrel politics then I'd get turned away however if I said I needed funding to research squirrel politics and how they impact global warming I'd be funded to the nines.

As for info available online it's all there it's just made hard to find. Most organisations publish selective data that guides you in a specific direction.

AMEN~ :-)