As an aside, the radiative forcing by aerosols (in both long wave and solar radiation at the tropopause) is not the same
as global dimming (which is a solar radiation effect at the surface) though they are related.
Not exact matches
And
as England has rose and then
dimmed as a
global superpower, so too has cod seen ups and downs.
I mean, what's going to happen now is that we are, you know, getting much cleaner in the way that we combust things and
as a result of
global dimming is going to reduce, and that's going to give us a little bit more warming.
There have been articles
as far back
as the 70s concerning
global dimming but it's only very recently, apparently, that all of the probable causes (e.g. the microscopic particles causing smaller water droplets in clouds, enhancing the mirror effect,
as well
as contrails) have been understood.
As we decarbonise so we take away the aerosol effect aka
global dimming.
As Raj Nair, Ford group vice president of Global Product Development said, pieces on the Mustang that didn't make the car go faster were tossed, like the rear - view camera, auto - dimming mirror and, a la the 1965 GT350, the rear seat and air conditioning as wel
As Raj Nair, Ford group vice president of
Global Product Development said, pieces on the Mustang that didn't make the car go faster were tossed, like the rear - view camera, auto -
dimming mirror and, a la the 1965 GT350, the rear seat and air conditioning
as wel
as well.
Thus that more sunlight is reflected due to (sulphate) aerosols,
as the theory behind
global dimming says, is proven false.
Global dimming is old
as is cooling, aerosol transfer and black carbon reflective effects.
«A rapid cutback in greenhouse gas emissions could speed up
global warming... because current
global warming is offset by
global dimming — the 2 - 3ºC of cooling cause by industrial pollution, known to scientists
as aerosol particles, in the atmosphere.»
This switch from a «
global dimming» trend to a «brightening» trend happened just
as global aerosol levels started to decline.
There have been articles
as far back
as the 70s concerning
global dimming but it's only very recently, apparently, that all of the probable causes (e.g. the microscopic particles causing smaller water droplets in clouds, enhancing the mirror effect,
as well
as contrails) have been understood.
Absent this further study (which we expect is ongoing
as part of the assessments related to the IPCC 4th Assessment report), it is horribly premature to declare «
global dimming» the cause of this event.
First, the transcript uses the following comment from you
as the lead - in to the comments by Peter Cox predicting major effects from the decline of
global dimming over the next century: «We lived in a global warming plus a Global Dimming world, and now we are taking out Global Di
global dimming over the next century: «We lived in a global warming plus a Global Dimming world, and now we are taking out Global D
dimming over the next century: «We lived in a
global warming plus a Global Dimming world, and now we are taking out Global Di
global warming plus a
Global Dimming world, and now we are taking out Global Di
Global Dimming world, and now we are taking out Global D
Dimming world, and now we are taking out
Global Di
Global DimmingDimming.
3)
Global dimming largely is attributed to more reflection from clouds and longer lifetime of clouds
as result of mainly sulphate aerosols.
As the cycle spins back up with the waning of
global dimming, will that generally mean an increase in storm activity and extremes?
And we could even allow more sulphate aerosol into the atmosphere,
as this has proven successful at
global dimming — taking care about not to release «pollution» near centres of population where it could damage health.
Aviation - cirrus (aviation - smog, really) is still generally being underestimated
as a contributor to both
global / regional warming and
global / regional
dimming, to more rain and more drought.
«
Global Dimming» is increasing in magnitude all over the globe
as the ongoing aerosol assault continues.
The cause is likely to be a combination of local and
global factors such
as warming - induced drought and
global dimming.
As governments begin to take
global warming (and
global dimming and ocean acidification) seriously, coal will become scarcer and more expensive.
There is evidence for both local and regional causes (e.g. drought stress)
as well
as global scale causes (e.g.
global dimming).
Bob; I'm glad you linked to McIntyre's discussion of the «Bucket» case; this has always intriqued me because the AGW crew have been furious with the 40's dip in temp
as it contradicts the effect of the linear increase in CO2 and its monotonic connotations for temp; to overcome the mid-century decline the
global dimming hilarity was espoused; the Bucket case added a further dimension of hilarity to this because if the temps actually hadn't dropped
as per the Bucket case then
global dimming was rubbish; such is the illogic of the orthodoxy.
As with volcanos, the removal of the
dimming SO2 aerosols caused the climate to warm up, the expected physical response — and the sole cause of
global climate change.
Climate engineering also creates a phenomenon known
as «
global dimming.»
Looks like another cover - up, false - flag story to get the public to enthusiastically accept the concept of
Global Dimming from particle pollution
as Global Cooling Chemtrails does nothing to decrease CO2, but they do most - massively increase the production of dead vegetation CO2, therefore increasing
Global Warming
The fade of
global dimming in the 1980s had major consequences for climate change,
as it enabled the greenhouse effect to become finally visible at its full dimension (Wild et al. 2007).
Addendum: The opposing effect of cooling from airborne pollutants is often referred to
as «
Global Dimming ``, and Real Climate has a couple of articles on it:
We have recently discussed several papers which have found substantial
global dimming as a result of increased human aerosol emissions from 1950 to 1980 and 2000 to 2010.
As L&S admit, this
global dimming due to aerosols «no doubt [has] a cooling effect», yet it doesn't show up in their model.
In some regions, such
as Europe,
global dimming no longer occurs, thanks to clean air regulations.
The models do reproduce the 20th century, and even the last 1000 years globally averaged reasonably well, observational data of forcing factors permitting, and they do this with the same physics that produce 2xCO2 sensitivity
as 2.9 oC There is another essential factor in looking at current T rise vs CO2 forcing and that is the
global dimming phenomenon.
The aerosol hypothesis is that sulfate aerosols and black carbon are the main cause of
global dimming,
as they tend to act to cool the Earth by reflecting and scattering sunlight before it reaches the ground.
In addition to Adrian Burd's recommendation, Al should read the comprehensive review by Wild: «
Global dimming and brightening: A review» http://www.leif.org/EOS/2008JD011470.pdf «Recent brightening can not supersede the greenhouse effect as the main cause of global warming, since land surface temperatures overall increased by 0.8 °C from 1960 to 2000, even though solar brightening did not fully outweigh prior dimming within this period...» The story is nowhere near as simplistic as Al would ha
Global dimming and brightening: A review» http://www.leif.org/EOS/2008JD011470.pdf «Recent brightening can not supersede the greenhouse effect
as the main cause of
global warming, since land surface temperatures overall increased by 0.8 °C from 1960 to 2000, even though solar brightening did not fully outweigh prior dimming within this period...» The story is nowhere near as simplistic as Al would ha
global warming, since land surface temperatures overall increased by 0.8 °C from 1960 to 2000, even though solar brightening did not fully outweigh prior
dimming within this period...» The story is nowhere near
as simplistic
as Al would have it.