The end of global warming as we know it!

The Discovery Channel published a story today describing a new study in "Geophysical Research Letters". It talks about how global warming is taking a hiatus and might take about 30 years off despite rising carbon dioxide levels. In fact, it talks about how scientists are confounded by the global climate since temperature levels should have increased by .2 degrees celsius over the last ten years, but has instead remained stable, steady or, as it was put in the article, have flatlined. Some even argue the temperatures have gone down, but that doesn't really matter. I thought the science was settled, that there was consensus. In fact, this article continues to make those claims regardless of mounting evidence to the contrary. My point is this. Man made climate change has now moved from plausible to laughable in my book.