Global warming hiatus Global warming hiatus A global warming hiatus, also sometimes referred to as a global warming pause or a global warming slowdown, is a period of relatively little change in globally averaged surface temperatures. In the current episode of global warming many such 15-year periods appear in the surface temperature record, along with robust evidence of the long-term warming trend. Such a "hiatus" is shorter than the 30-year periods that climate is classically averaged over. Publicity has surrounded claims of a global warming hiatus during the period 1998–2013. The exceptionally warm El Niño year of 1998 was an outlier from the
A Knight of the Word A Knight of the Word A Knight of the Word is a fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks, the second book in the "Word & Void series", a prequel to his "Shannara" series. It was first published in 1998 by Ballantine's Del Rey division (). The setting is primarily Seattle, Washington around Halloween in 2002, five years after the events of "Running with the Demon". The story follows John Ross as he attempts to leave his service to the Word, while Nest Freemark tries to restore his faith. It is followed by the novel "Angel Fire East". John Ross,