Sentences with phrase «current warming period»

Why Monckton cited this work in support of his assertion that the MWP was up to 3C warmer than the current warm period is extremely difficult to fathom.

Monckton: «According to Villalba (1990, 1994), and Soon and Baliunas (2003), the mediaeval warm period was warmer than the current warm period by up to 3C.

He states in the caption that, «In three of the studies (Esper, Briffa and Moberg), the mediaeval warm period is shown to have been as warm as, or warmer than, the current warm period,» and his graph seems to support that conclusion.

Thousands of drowning polar bears??? Crichton will point out the fact that polar bear populations have increased dramatically during the current warming period.

So, given that man's activities probably does have some influence (i.e.: magnitude and duration) of the current warming period I'm guessing we'll probably continue to warm for another 400 years or so.

By comparison, the current warming period has seen trend temperatures increase by almost 1oC in forty years.

However, other studies suggest that the Current Warm Period and the Medieval Warm Period were both comparable.

They all have identified at least three climatically distinct periods: two relatively warm periods — the «Current Warm Period» (c. 1900 AD on) and the «Medieval Warm Period» (c. 800-1200 AD), and a relatively cool period — the «Little Ice Age» (c. 1500 - 1850 AD).

All of the studies we analysed reported at least three distinct climatic periods over the last millennium — two warm periods (the «Medieval Warm Period» and the «Current Warm Period») and an intervening cool period (the «Little Ice Age»).

In the Esper et al., 2002 version, the Medieval Warm Period seems to have been warmer than the Current Warm Period.

But, if they choose to use the Briffa version, it will make the Medieval Warm Period seem colder than the Current Warm Period!

- The Current Warming Period is neither unusual, nor remarkable, nor unprecedented in recent human history.

At that time, the beginning of the current warm period, climate changes were caused by a massive flood of freshwater into the North Atlantic Ocean.