Restricting their analysis to 1969 to 2000, a period for which other studies have found a net cooling trend, Steig's study
found slight cooling in east Antarctica, but net warming over west Antarctica.
Menne (2010) addressed this concern and
found a slight cool bias in poorly - sited stations.
Not exact matches
The latest study also
found that for the period 1969 to 2000, there has been
slight cooling over East Antarctica.
Like Foster and Rahmstorf, Lean and Rind (2008) performed a multiple linear regression on the temperature data, and
found that while solar activity can account for about 11 % of the global warming from 1889 to 2006, it can only account for 1.6 % of the warming from 1955 to 2005, and had a
slight cooling effect -LRB--0.004 °C per decade) from 1979 to 2005.
They
found that from 1979 to 2010, solar activity had a very
slight cooling effect of between -0.014 and -0.023 °C per decade, depending on the data set (Table 1, Figure 2).
They
found that ENSO, as measured through the the Multivariate ENSO Index (MEI), had a
slight cooling effect of about -0.014 to -0.023 °C per decade in the surface and lower troposphere temperatures, respectively from 1979 through 2010 (Table 1, Figure 4).
I am intrigued by their
finding that since the 1920s the deep Atlantic below 2000m exhibited
slight cooling and freshening.
It thought that the
slight odor is what attracts them to it and they
find licking the smooth,
cool surface a pleasant experience.
It is dismaying that Josh Willis continues with this slanting of the
findings of science when he has admitted elsewhere that the buoys show
slight cooling, insignificant though it may be.
Interestingly, the paper «Climate Trends and Global food production since 1980» (Lobell, Schlenker, Costa - Roberts, in Sciencexpress, 5 May, Science 1204531) confirms my
finding of the absence of climate change in the USA: «A notable exception to the [global] warming pattern is the United States, which produces c. 40 % of global maize and soybean and experienced a
slight cooling over the period... the country with largest overall share of crop production (United States) showed no [adverse] effect due to the lack of significant climate trends».
In any event, it would not be surprising to
find a
slight downward trend for sea ice as the late 1970s came at the end of a decades - long period of
slight global
cooling.
In fact, «there has been a very
slight cooling,» according to a U.S. National Public Radio (NPR) interview with Josh Willis at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a scientist who keeps close watch on the Argo
findings.
Like Foster and Rahmstorf, Lean and Rind (2008) performed a multiple linear regression on the temperature data, and
found that while solar activity can account for about 11 % of the global warming from 1889 to 2006, it can only account for 1.6 % of the warming from 1955 to 2005, and had a
slight cooling effect -LRB--0.004 °C per decade) from 1979 to 2005.
The Nexus 6P is wrapped in aluminum, which feels
cool to the touch and has a
slight texture, rather than the smooth, slippery back
found on many phones.