[kidd]

The present warming trend began before the start of the industrial revolution.

The warming preceded the recent increases in atmospheric CO2.

The oceans are a great reservoir of CO2. When they warm up, they cannot hold as much CO2 (outgassing).

The warming that has increased CO2 levels, not the other way around.

[mh8782]

I'm not sure that stacks up too well on the evidence. What "warming" are you talking about? Typically, climatologists divide it up into the periods ~1880-1940, which is deemed to be due to natural factors, and from 1960 to the present, which is deemed to be largely due to anthropogenic greenhouse gases

[mh8782]

I'm not sure that stacks up too well on the evidence. What "warming" are you talking about? Typically, climatologists divide it up into the periods ~1880-1940, which is deemed to be due to natural factors, and from 1960 to the present, which is deemed to be largely due to anthropogenic greenhouse gases

[cogitator]

The oceans are a great reservoir of CO2. When they warm up, they cannot hold as much CO2 (outgassing).

Even though the Earth is currently warming, the oceans are a net sink for CO2.