http://www.woodfortrees.org/plot/hadcru … /from:2007

- Thus far, all three of the four temp metrics that have reported for August 08 show the downward trend in temp continuing.

- The sun remains spotless

- To early to call on the Arctic, but it looks as if the melt is leveling off ... a million KM less melt than last year.  BTW .... there is new report that is claiming that the satelite images are incorrect by one of the shipping groups!  They say that places where the satelite shows no ice is flat out covered with the stuff.