Rich, you have posted a perfect example of the problem. Look at the newsmax article. It contains a pretty and simple graph. The gray area is where the temperature is predicted to be and the black line is where the temperature actually is. Anyone, especially members of the lay public, can understand it. (Whether the graph is accurate or actually reflects the findings is beside the point). Now reread the first paragraph of the actual science article. Do you think any member of the lay public got past the first paragraph? Scientists are between a rock and a hard spot, they have to write their findings like that in order to get accepted by their peers. They have explain in minute detail their method and findings. But if they write it like that the lay public won't get past the first paragraph. That is probably how those 14,000 articles were written. Science and the general population are disconnected. We need another Carl Sagan to bridge the gap.