I'm not really sure what it is that you want to believe or not to believe. Are you asking whether or not to believe that the New York Times is an unbiased and reliable source of science news? Or, are you asking whether to believe that Earth's surface temperature has risen over the last few years? You might be asking whether changes in certain measures of climate might justify sweeping changes in taxation, environmental controls and wealth re-distribution.
If you want to believe that this article is definitive, you may want to re-read it. It does make a broad statement completely devoid of any details and follows that up with anecdotal evidence. Just how much did the Earth warm up and why did they not mention that? Which of the three Earth surveys were they citing? What was the statistical significance of the change? Was there any peer review of the work? The debate remains lively, hardly settled at all.
Should you want more information, you might read this NY Times article: 2013 NY Times Op Ed. There is a much finer source of information available at Berkeley Earth. More Berkeley Earth Information
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