I omitted to point out the IPCC can not explain either of the two
earlier warming episodes, ie., the 1860/80 and / or the 1920/40 warming episodes.
But there is no acceleration in the rate of warming between that observed in the late 1970s to late 1990s, and that observed in the two
earlier warming episodes of 1860/80 and 1920/40.
In my post above, I omitted to point out the IPCC can not explain either of the two
earlier warming episodes, ie., the 1860/80 and / or the 1920/40 warming episodes.
Not exact matches
A key result of the present issue is that despite the cooling influence of a La Niña
episode early in the year, 2012 joined the ten previous years as one of the
warmest — at ninth place — on record.
Therefore one would expect to see the rate of
warming between the late 197s and the late 1990s to be greater than the rate of
warming that occurred during the
earlier two
warming episodes.
It is too
early to say much about such a recent
episode but various studies have attributed
earlier individual heatwaves or drought to global
warming, notably those in Europe in 2003, Russia [continue reading...]
Reconstructed Arctic SATs show
episodes of
warming during this per - iod (Fig. 3f), but according to our results the decrease in Arctic sea ice extent during the Little Ice Age was more pronounced than during the
earlier Medieval
Warm Optimum.»