Not exact matches
The Pacific
Ocean's
current cool phase is
driving the
global warming slowdown — but that countering effect is not going to last, scientists say.
Gray believes that the increased atmospheric heat — which he calls a «small warming» — is ``... likely a result of the natural alterations in
global ocean currents which are
driven by
ocean salinity variations.»
This small warming is likely a result of the natural alterations in
global ocean currents which are
driven by
ocean salinity variations.
If La Nina / El Nino can affect
global air temperatures in a period of a few years, than other changes in
ocean currents (
driven by AGW) can affect
global atmospheric heat content in a few years.
This empirical finding contradicts Spencer's hypothesis that cloud cover changes are
driving global warming, but is consistent with our
current understanding of the climate:
ocean heat is exchanged with the atmosphere, which causes surface warming, which alters atmospheric circulation, which alters cloud cover, which impacts surface temperature.
A single paper that demonstrated
global warming was actually
driven by the sun or
ocean currents would render all of Cook's thousands of abstracts redundant.
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global circulation of deep
ocean currents transports warm water to colder areas & cold water to warmer areas efficient heat - transport system
drives Earth's climate