--- description: New research has disproved the so-called global warming hiatus, an apparent 14-year slowdown in the pace of global temperature rise. title: Climate Change Deniers Love This Theory But It’s Been Proven Wrong — Again image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53c1c725a8223ad7/6988b4858fd2ee0cbb355520/noaa-buoy-temperature-climate-change.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [climate change](/tag/climate-change/) ## climate change Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Climate Change Deniers Love This Theory But It’s Been Proven Wrong — Again  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jan 5, 2017 9:20 PM CUT  A NOAA buoy floats 30 miles off the coast of California near San Diego. NOAA maintains a network of buoys, tidal stations and satellite measurements that provide a continuous picture of the state of the ocean and Great Lakes. A NOAA buoy floats 30 miles off the coast of California near San Diego. NOAA maintains a network of buoys, tidal stations and satellite measurements that provide a continuous picture of the state of the ocean and Great Lakes.Gregory Ochocki—Getty Images/Science Source  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jan 5, 2017 9:20 PM CUT For the second time in two years, new research has disproved the idea of a so-called global warming hiatus, an apparent 14-year slowdown in the pace of global temperature rise. Scientists initially thought a slowdown in warming occurred between 1998 and 2012 as data collected by oceans buoys showed a slower pace of temperature change than in the preceding years. That result—contrary to the expectations of climate scientists—would not have disproved global warming but did give fodder to [climate change deniers](http://time.com/4362393/donald-trump-supported-addressing-climate-change-before-calling-it-a-hoax/ "undefined"). But in 2015, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) adjusted the data in a [paper](http://science.sciencemag.org/content/348/6242/1469 "undefined") in the journal _Science_ citing an error with the way data from newly-employed ocean buoys was combined with data from older ships that measure ocean temperatures. The data did not support a slowdown after the data was adjusted. The new [study](http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/1/e1601207 "undefined"), published in the journal _Science Advances_, uses an independent data from satellites, floats and buoys set to confirm NOAA’s results. “Satellites and automated floats are completely independent witnesses of recent ocean warming,” says study co-author Mark Richardson of NASA and the California Institute of Technology. “And their testimony matches the NOAA results.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4623819/climate-change-hiatus-deniers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4623819/climate-change-hiatus-deniers/"},"headline":"Climate Change Deniers Love This Theory But It’s Been Proven Wrong — Again","datePublished":"2017-01-05T21:20:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:34:10.452Z","description":"The so-called global warming hiatus in fact didn't happen","url":"https://time.com/4623819/climate-change-hiatus-deniers/","keywords":["climate change","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53c1c725a8223ad7/6988b4858fd2ee0cbb355520/noaa-buoy-temperature-climate-change.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53c1c725a8223ad7/6988b4858fd2ee0cbb355520/noaa-buoy-temperature-climate-change.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"noaa buoy temperature climate change","caption":"noaa buoy temperature climate change","creditText":"Gregory Ochocki—Getty Images/Science Source","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/climate-change/","name":"climate change"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4623819/climate-change-hiatus-deniers/","name":"Climate Change Deniers Love This Theory But It’s Been Proven Wrong — Again"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"A Trump Presidency and the Future of Climate Change","description":"Donald Trump has repeatedly indicated that environmentalism is not his priority. 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