Global Warming To Mimic The Ice Age

4 Responses to Global Warming To Mimic The Ice Age

1. Sundance says:

   November 5, 2010 at 1:25 pm

   More divergence between models and reality:

   Global warming has been predicted to slow the Atlantic
   Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), resulting in
   significant regional climate impacts across the North
   Atlantic and beyond. Here, satellite observations of sea
   surface height (SSH) along with temperature, salinity and
   velocity from profiling floats are used to estimate changes
   in the northward?flowing, upper limb of the AMOC at
   latitudes around 41°N. The 2004 through 2006 mean
   overturning is found to be 15.5 ± 2.4 Sv (106 m3/s) with
   somewhat smaller seasonal and interannual variability than
   at lower latitudes. There is no significant trend in
   overturning strength between 2002 and 2009. Altimeter
   data, however, suggest an increase of 2.6 Sv since 1993,
   consistent with North Atlantic warming during this same
   period. Despite significant seasonal to interannual fluctuations,
   these observations demonstrate that substantial slowing of the
   AMOC did not occur during the past 7 years and is unlikely
   to have occurred in the past 2 decades. Citation: Willis,
   J. K. (2010), Can in situ floats and satellite altimeters detect
   long?term changes in Atlantic Ocean overturning?, Geophys.
   Res. Lett., 37, L06602, doi:10.1029/2010GL042372

   http://www.sciencenet.cn/upload/blog/file/2010/5/20105198454299528.pdf

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2. Geezer1 says:

   November 5, 2010 at 1:54 pm

   How could any climate scientist come up with a hypothesis like this and be called a scientist. Global warming caused the reversal. Where the PROOF!!!!!!!!!

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3. Mike Davis says:

   November 5, 2010 at 2:30 pm

   Reverse logic is at work here. With the dates involved it is obvious that changes in the overturning lead to changes in long term weather patterns.

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4. peterhodges says:

   November 5, 2010 at 6:31 pm

   it is amazing to watch these bounce around the media

   the stories get more ridiculous with time, and less related the actual paper/press release that started the whole process

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