Has global warming stopped?
Looks like we may not need such a big thermometer after all: Despite ever-increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, global temperatures have not gone up in nine years. What gives?Courtesy arbyreed
Y’know, it’s been a while since we’ve had a good dust-up over global warming here at the Buzz. Last month, 10,000 delegates attended the UN’s climate conference in Bali (most of them traveling by jet and producing more of the carbon they’re supposed to be reducing), and there was hardly a peep. Even when 100 scientists signed a letter poking holes in the popular conception of global warming, nobody here said a word.
Oh well, what can I say? Holiday rush, end-of-the-year malaise…we had other things on our minds. But today, as the Midwest in experiencing record-shattering warmth (62° in mid-Michigan on January 7!), comes news that global warming…has stopped! It seems that global temps peaked in 1998, settled down a bit, and have been basically unchanged since 2001. So, for the past nine years, while humans continue to pump more and more carbon into the atmosphere, global temperatures have… done nothing.
How to explain this phenomenon? Well, there are a couple of wacky European scientists who argue that climate is driven by the Sun rather than by humans, but that’s obviously just crazy talk. The mystery of the missing warming continues.
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I've been reading a lot on this subject lately. I do not associate myself with a political party and have simply wanted to get to the bottom of this issue. I just thought I should let you know that I thought the language in your blog/article was crude and lacks the most basic journalistic integrity. I'm glad to see you cite your sources, but it would behoove you to write in a more mature fashion if you want be taken seriously by anyone capable of critical thought.
Irony is a subtle art.
I like how he dicounts a scientific theory ..sun activity.as .."crazy talk" when a growing number of scientists have concluded that sun activity has coinsided with warming and cooling.....They are so locked into their positoins that they can't think outside the box...That' not science thats "crazy thinking"
Subtler than I realized, apparently.
I enjoyed the comments that followed the articles you linked to. I wasted too many hours reading, but I got a good look at both sides of this argument - opened my eyes. I do want to be open minded and I am glad you are pointing out evidence against the "consensus" opinion.
Great!!!! I love this.
If this is really true, how do we even know if we are the ones who made global warming happen? And if we didnt what is to happen to the hybrid cars and all of our efforts to stop global warming?
How can we help to stop global warming today?
In a recent interview, Jennifer Marohasy, a biologist and senior fellow of Australia's Institute of Public Affairs, notes that global warming has stopped, and that the head of the IPCC (International Panel on Climate Control, the UN organization which studies the issue) has acknowledged the same.
Marohasy NOTES:
She also describes how recent satellite data contradicts many of the computer models scientists have developed to predict future climate.
when is global warming really going to happen?
Really
its happening right now smartstuf!!!!!!!!!!!! :(
100 Scientists signatures
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=164004
Scientist Letter to Bali Conference
http://www.nationalpost.com/most_popular/story.html?id=164002
The BBC has an update.
As does Der Spiegel.
An answer may be at hand. Susan Solomon, a researcher at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has found that levels of water vapor in the atmosphere have dropped in the past ten years. Water vapor is the most abundant greenhouse gas, and its effects can overwhelm those of carbon dioxide.
No word yet on whether the EPA will now attempt to regulate steam…
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