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Originally Posted by Swanssm
Ken,
I believe the questions you are refering to are:
Direct Quote from The Australian - June 19
* Is it the case that CO2 increased by 5percent since 1998 while global temperature cooled during the same period? If so, why did the temperature not increase, and how can human emissions be to blame for dangerous levels of warming? |
the best explanation for temperature not increasing since 1998 is that 1998 was the strongest el nino of the century. Subsequent el nino's have not been as strong.
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* Is it the case that the rate and magnitude of warming between 1979 and 1998 (the late 20th-century phase of global warming) were not unusual as compared with warmings that have occurred earlier in the Earth's history? If the warming was not unusual, why is it perceived to have been caused by human CO2 emissions and, in any event, why is warming a problem if the Earth has experienced similar warmings in the past?
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The rate
is unusual.
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* Is it the case that all computer models projected a steady increase in temperature for the period 1990 to 2008, whereas in fact there were only eight years of warming followed by 10years of stasis and cooling? If so, why is it assumed that long-term climate projections by the same models are suitable as a basis for public policy-making?
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It is not the case that all computer models projected a steady increase in temperature over the period 1990 to 2008.