I'm no statistician, but over at Real Climate, I've been debating, a Tamino article that was severally cited to me; entitled «
Volcanic Lull ``.
... the early 20th century warming was due primarily due to solar forcings and
a volcanic lull.
Tamino at Open Mind examines the role of volcanic forcing (or lack thereof) in early 20th Century warming in
Volcanic Lull.
If
the volcanic lull had a better fit to temperature, I would agree.
Not exact matches
This may have been triggered by a 250 - million - year
lull in
volcanic activity, which would have meant less carbon dioxide being pumped into the atmosphere, and a reduced greenhouse effect.
For 250 million years between Year 2.16 and 2.26 billion, however,
volcanic activity appears to have subsided in a «global magmatic
lull» so that comparatively little carbon dioxide was released into the atmosphere through volcanoes (Condie et al, 2009; and David Shiga, New Scientist, May 9, 2009).
Facing the Pacific Ocean and an aw - so - soft black
volcanic sand beach, you'll have the utmost pleasure of listening to the powerful yet calming waves
lulling you to sleep at night.
There was no
lull in
volcanic activity during that period.