Climate scientists struggle to explain warming slowdown

REUTERS ^ | April 16, 2013 | Reuters Correspondent Alister Doyle

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I was simply trying to point out the limitations of appeal to authority, not commenting on the validity of any particular theory. Personally, I believe that CO₂ is a greenhouse gas, that increases in CO₂, taken in isolation, will most likely raise the temperature of the earth. I also believe that activists and hack scientists are exaggerating both amount of increase and the consequences. I am not at all sure whether of not a small increase in temperatures would be a good thing or bad thing, on net.

[colorado tanker]

Our precious bodily fluids are absorbing the heat and it is destroying them!

[Buffalo Head]

"I am not at all sure whether of not a small increase in temperatures would be a good thing or bad thing, on net."

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?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

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.

[MrB]

Longer growing seasons > shorter growing seasons...

[Buffalo Head]

"Good for whom?"

Exactly! You are getting the point.

[neverdem]

Reuters! Doubt is gaining momentum.

[editor-surveyor]

Fog removed:

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.