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Global warming pause is a mirage: the science is clear and the threat real
2013-09-27 16:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The landmark new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is crystal clear: human action is warming the planet and we're heading for big trouble if carbon emissions are not slashed. As Prof Tim Palmer, at the University of Oxford put it: "The report is further reinforcement that there is an unequivocal risk of dangerous climate change." Yet before the ink is even dry critics are trying to obscure this stark message behind a mirage: the supposed halt in global warming over...
Warming 'pause' gives thought for scientists, sceptics
2013-09-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: A slowdown in warming that has provided fuel for climate sceptics is one of the thorniest issues in a report to be issued by UN experts on Friday. Over the past 15 years, the world's average surface temperature rose far slower than many climate models have predicted. According to projections, global warming should go in lockstep with the ever-rising curve of heat-trapping carbon emissions. But in recent years, warming has lagged. So, where has the missing heat gone? For climate sceptics,...
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Pause 'central' to climate report
2013-09-23 02:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) meets this week in Sweden to thrash out a critical report on global warming. Scientists will underline, with greater certainty than ever, the role of human activities in rising temperatures. But many governments are demanding a clearer explanation of the slowdown in temperature increases since 1998. One participant told BBC News that this pause will be a "central piece" of the summary. Researchers from all over the world work with the...
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A Cooler Pacific May Be Behind Recent Pause In Global Warming
2013-08-29 09:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: A study in the journal Nature could help explain why the Earth's average temperature hasn't increased during the past 15 years - despite a long-term trend of global warming. The Earth's average temperature has risen by more than 1 degree Fahrenheit since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. But the temperature rise has not been moving in lock step with the rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide - mainly from burning fossil fuels - traps heat in the air. Now scientists...
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Is the Pacific Ocean Responsible for a Pause in Global Warming?
2013-08-28 21:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: From the 1940s through the 1970s there was no major warming trend in the average surface temperature of Earth. At the same time, the tropical Pacific Ocean, which is responsible for the weather patterns known as El Nio and La Nia that can swing global average temperatures by as much as 0.3 degree Celsius, was anomalously cold. For the past decade or so the tropical Pacific has again gone cold--more Nia than Nio--and a new study suggests that the phenomenon may explain the recent "pause" in global...
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