claim: ...there has been no increase in the global average surface temperature for the past 16 years ( Judith Curry and David Rose )
evidence: The Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum was an approximate 200,000 year long event where the global average temperature rose by some 5 to 8 °C ( 9 to 14 °F ), and mid-latitude and polar areas may have exceeded modern tropical temperatures of 24–29 °C ( 75–84 °F ).