Sentences with phrase «anthropogenic global dimming»
Anthropogenic Global Dimming!
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[Response: Global dimming is mostly associated with anthropogenic aerosols, and in the southern hemisphere these are in pretty short supply... - gavin]
Whether the total global anthropogenic aerosol forcing is lower (less negative) today than it was in the dimming phase 40 years ago can't be told with certainty.
Alarmists have posited that global dimming from anthropogenic aerosols reduced the warming that might have been expected, some implying that dimming may have prevented catastrophic warming.
(By the way, for those of you who already know about global cooling / dimming and aerosols, I will just say for now that these effects can not be making the blue line go down because the IPCC considers these anthropogenic effects, and therefore in the pink band.