Posted on 08/21/2014 4:38:31 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The hiatus in the rise in global temperatures could last for another 10 years, according to new research.
Scientists have struggled to explain the so-called pause that began in 1999, despite ever increasing levels of CO2 in the atmosphere.
The latest theory says that a naturally occurring 30-year cycle in the Atlantic Ocean is behind the slowdown.
The researchers says this slow-moving current could continue to divert heat into the deep seas for another decade.
However, they caution that global temperatures are likely to increase rapidly when the cycle flips to a warmer phase.
Continue reading the main story “ Start Quote The Pacific is a symptom of the hiatus but not the ultimate cause. The Atlantic is the driver” End Quote Prof Ka-Kit Tung
University of Washington
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), global average temperatures have increased by around 0.05C per decade in the period between 1998 and 2012.
This compares with a decadal average of 0.12 between 1951 and 2012.
More than a dozen theories have been put forward on the cause of this pause in temperature growth that occurred while emissions of carbon dioxide were at record highs.
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I guess it’ll last until the next time it starts getting warm.
The shell game continues...
Since our planet is FIVE BILLION YEARS OLD, I doubt whether (no pun intended) ANYONE can predict the future weather with anything representing ANY kind of accuracy.
how convenient to set themselves a 30 year target - to 'get ready' for the end of the cycle
Yeah, and if you believe the science fiction we’ll all be dead by then so, so what? Melt them icecaps already, baby, and let’s prove them right.
I am sure that this 'struggle' is nothing that can't be cured with a fresh infusion of billions of dollars of taxpayer money to continue the research.
The idiots have spoken!!
GIGO continues.
Whew, thank goodness! We have 10 more whole years to raise money to prevent the Burning End of the World!!!
Gee! Just like Freepers predicted.
Just as computer models and the “consensus” predicted would NOT happen!
Gotta hand it to these mfers, no matter how ridiculous they sound they don’t give up.
That way one can't be nailed for being so wrong.
Shaking the money tree again.
By then the Keystone XL may actually be approved...
They had a big hailstorm in Russia recently.,, part of Hiroshima got washed away in a deluge too. All global warming.
He could be anywhere.
Duh!
"The latest theory says that a naturally occurring 30-year cycle in the Atlantic Ocean is behind the slowdown.
The researchers says this slow-moving current could continue to divert heat into the deep seas for another decade."
So the globe isn't warming.
And if this “theory” doesn’t fly, we’ve got another 10 untested and unscientific “theories” ready to go.
I guess they’ve given up on the “tipping point” bs.
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