The bad news for our true believers is that after a dozen years of
effectively flat lining about a half degree above the Holocene Norm
while the CO2 rise continued unabated whatsoever, it has now begun to
fall. This probably reflects the Antarctic maximum been achieved and
plausibly injecting cooler waters into the Atlantic basin. This down
tick may even turn out to be quite sharp before it is finished.
Watching this happen also gives us a tentative explanation for the
abrupt temperature declines observed at the onset of the so called
little ice age. In fact I think the expanded Antarctic maximum is
the real and present climatic threat. This could be the long term
climate driver that is missing. During this period, CO2 rose about
ten percent on a global basis (+ 30 ppm from 365 ppm) which likely
matched the entire previous increase that was been relied on.
Obviously declining global temperatures with the decadal temperature
plateau makes the CO2 linkage just stupid and the global warming
argument undefendable. The interesting question will be if an
injection of cold water into the Atlantic Basin can also act to
sharply reduce CO2 content.
World Leaders Face
Riddle Of Lack Of Warming
The most recent global
temperature record, released this week, shows the average global
temperature fell last year for the second year. There is now
general agreement that the rising trend has stalled. This is the
background against which governments will meet in Doha to negotiate a
globally binding agreement to cut carbon emissions, as agreed at last
year’s meeting in Cape Town, South Africa. --Graham Lloyd, The
Australian, 24 November 2012
