Abstract: Issures related to the pause of global warming in the last decade are reviewed. It is indicated that: 1) decade of 1999-2008 is still the warmest in the last 30 years, though temperature increment is near zero. 2) Natural factors such as volcanism, solar radiation, ENSO, and thermohaline circulation can impact the interannual and interdecadal variability of global mean temperature. However, it will not mask the global warming trend for a long time. (3) Temperatures of China continue to increase in 1999-2008, the increment is 0.4 to 0.5℃/10a.

Key words: 1999-2008, global warming, pause