A new study has a new explanation for why our models are getting it wrong: equatorial winds. Evidently, Pacific trade winds have been blowing much harder over the past 20 years than they normally do, and as a result, surface heat is being stored in our oceans.
Global warming continues, but volcanoes are slowing down the warming of the atmosphere
the oceans are responsible for the recent warming slowdown.
more aerosol pollution from countries like China
A different theory is that the Earth's climate is a bit less sensitive to increases in greenhouse-gas emissions than scientists and models have assumed
"Global warming is continuing, it just gets manifested in different ways," says Dr. Kevin Trenberth, a scientist with the National Center for Atmospheric Research who co-authored the study with NCAR's Dr. John Fasullo.
The lower pace of warming in recent years may be explained by natural phenomena including volcanic eruptions, a periodic drop in the sun’s warmth and natural variation in the weather, the panel said in its wider report, the UN said.
Global warming has slowed because of pollution Global warming has slowed in the last decade, according to the Met Office, as the world pumps out so much pollution it is reflecting the sun’s rays and causing a cooling effect.
Computer modeling is not science. The model responds only to the data input to it by the person who may want to show a specif 'result'................