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Politicians who support the [[Kyoto Protocol]] have made the claim that there is a cause and effect relationship between increases in atmospheric concentrations of [[greenhouse gas]]es and air temperature.

Politicians who support the [[Kyoto Protocol]] have made the claim that there is a cause and effect relationship between increases in atmospheric concentrations of [[greenhouse gas]]es and air temperature.

==Hockey Stick Reconstruction==

==The Hockey Stick Reconstruction==

[[Image:Hockey stick chart ipcc.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Hockey stick graph as shown in the 2001 IPCC report.]]

[[Image:Hockey stick chart ipcc.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Hockey stick graph as shown in the 2001 IPCC report.]]

One of the main arguments for anthropogenic global warming during the 3rd IPCC report was a temperature reconstruction done by climatologist Michael Mann.  The resulting graph of the earth's mean temperature is shaped like a hockey stick, and it is used as evidence for the unusualness of the earth's temperature in the past few decades.  However, serious flaw was later discovered in the statistical methods used to reconstruct the temperature by Stephen McIntyre and economist Ross McKitrick.

One of the main arguments for anthropogenic global warming during the 3rd IPCC report was a temperature reconstruction done by climatologist Michael Mann.  The resulting graph of the earth's mean temperature is shaped like a hockey stick, and it is used as evidence for the unusualness of the earth's temperature in the past few decades.  However, serious flaw was later discovered in the statistical methods used to reconstruct the temperature by Stephen McIntyre and economist Ross McKitrick.