Posted on 04/16/2013 8:46:53 AM PDT by Moseley
Scientists are struggling to explain a slowdown in climate change that has exposed gaps in their understanding and defies a rise in global greenhouse gas emissions.
Often focused on century-long trends, most climate models failed to predict that the temperature rise would slow, starting around 2000. Scientists are now intent on figuring out the causes and determining whether the respite will be brief or a more lasting phenomenon.
Getting this right is essential for the short and long-term planning of governments and businesses ranging from energy to construction, from agriculture to insurance. Many scientists say they expect a revival of warming in coming years.
Theories for the pause include that deep oceans have taken up more heat with the result that the surface is cooler than expected, that industrial pollution in Asia or clouds are blocking the sun, or that greenhouse gases trap less heat than previously believed.
The change may be a result of an observed decline in heat-trapping water vapor in the high atmosphere, for unknown reasons. It could be a combination of factors or some as yet unknown natural variations, scientists say.
Weak economic growth and the pause in warming is undermining governments' willingness to make a rapid billion-dollar shift from fossil fuels. Almost 200 governments have agreed to work out a plan by the end of 2015 to combat global warming.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Our precious bodily fluids are absorbing the heat and it is destroying them!
Bingo! Until we can absolutely define what the ideal, overall average, earth temperature would be and whether we are currently getting closer to or further from it; how can any sane person argue and campaign for a change in conditions that MIGHT affect some aspect of a multitude of factors thought to be interrelated on determining the world's climate?
Good for whom? A person living in the Congo might want to turn the thermostat down a bit, a person living in Siberia might want to turn it up.
Longer growing seasons > shorter growing seasons...
Exactly! You are getting the point.
Reuters! Doubt is gaining momentum.
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Propagandists are struggling to explain the total lack ofclimate change that has exposed manipulation in their data and exposes a lack of their imaginary global greenhouse gas emissions.
Often focused on misrepresenting century-long trends, most climate models failed to predict that the temperature rise would stop around 1934. Propagandists are now intent on figuring out the cause of the 79 years of continuous cooling and determining whether the cooling will be brief or a more lasting phenomenon.
Getting this scam right is essential for the short and long-term disruption of businesses ranging from energy to construction, from agriculture to insurance. Many propagandists say they’re praying for a revival of warming in coming years.
Theories for the pause include that deep oceans have taken up more heat with the result that the surface is cooler than expected, that industrial pollution in Asia or clouds are blocking the sun, or that greenhouse gases trap less heat than previously believed.
The change may be a result of an observed decline in heat-trapping water vapor in the high atmosphere, for unknown reasons. It could be a combination of factors or some as yet unknown natural variations, scientists say.
Nonexistant economic growth and the total lack of warming is undermining governments’ willingness to make a strupid billion-dollar shift from fossil fuels to fairy dust.
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