A new study by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory concluded that, within five years, the trajectory of global warming will reach a rate unmatched in nearly a millennium. According to the International Business Times, “Although this accelerated rise would affect all countries, the Arctic region, which is already losing ice at a steady rate, is likely to be the worst-hit.” More specifically, IBD added, “The study … found that by 2020, the rate at which temperatures are rising globally could cross 0.45 degrees Fahrenheit per decade – eclipsing the historical bounds of the past 1,000 years. Moreover, if the emission of greenhouse house gases continues unabated, the rate of warming could reach 0.7 degrees Fahrenheit per decade.” Researcher Steven Smith surmised, “Essentially, the world is entering a new regime where what is normal is going to continue to change and it’s changing at a rate that natural processes might not be able to keep up with.” And that’s essentially the same argument used for decades now, only today we’re in the midst of a global warming hiatus. As to the study itself, researchers projected the temperature increase by comparing past temperature trends and CO₂ levels. Yet, as climatologist Dr. Roy Spencer reminds us this week, NOAA is still manipulating early temperature records, which inflates the overall rate of warming. So it’s only logical to assume all federal agencies are using numbers that aren’t true to begin with. Even more importantly, the Energy Department acknowledged global warming occurred at a commensurate level before capitalists supposedly destroyed the planet. What they won’t explain, however, is what precipitated that warming.