You're hung up on the 15 years, but there have been previous plateaus over the past century. Anyway, ice formed, therefore it was cold (enough). The ice is melting, therefore it's less cold, aka warming.Quote from fhl:
Well if there is a lot of ice melting and the earth hasn't warmed in fifteen years, then a scientist would have to conclude that it had nothing to do with global warming.
I meant an honest scientist that wasn't just trying to get a piece of the 22 billion dollars a year the taxpayer is throwing away on this research.