The time scale is the missing qualification
“This means that understanding global temperature trends requires a long-term perspective.”
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Source: Nope, Earth Isn’t Cooling · Alan Buis · NASA ScienceOpen original source
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The original source link makes this qualification much easier to verify.
Exactly—the excerpt should start the reading, not replace it.