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photon · 11-03-2011, 07:57 PM

As for the 10 year thing, obviously temperatures go up and down with other factors in addition to level of CO2 in the atmosphere.. El Nino and La Nina are two that can have significant impact short term. Volcanoes too. When ice melts it takes heat to change phase but the ambient temperature stays the same until all the ice is melted. Etc.

That's why they try to consider and account for all those factors. Of course if you take a short trend you can show anything, just like if the Flames lose two in a row people are ready to trade Iginla.

You also have to consider more than just air temperature, heat is stored in the ocean too:

http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/201...GL048794.shtml

11-03-2011, 07:57 PM	#299
photon The new goggles also do nothing. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Calgary Exp:	As for the 10 year thing, obviously temperatures go up and down with other factors in addition to level of CO2 in the atmosphere.. El Nino and La Nina are two that can have significant impact short term. Volcanoes too. When ice melts it takes heat to change phase but the ambient temperature stays the same until all the ice is melted. Etc. That's why they try to consider and account for all those factors. Of course if you take a short trend you can show anything, just like if the Flames lose two in a row people are ready to trade Iginla. You also have to consider more than just air temperature, heat is stored in the ocean too: http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/201...GL048794.shtml __________________ Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.