Global Warming a Theory or Essay

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"Global air temperatures have been rising at a steady trend rate of 0.5 degrees Centigrade per century since about 1750, as the world recovers from the little ice age." (Evans, Global Research, 2009

Global temperatures cooled off from 1940 through the late 1970's, which refutes the casual relationship earlier defined by scientists between rises in CO2 levels and global warming. Tsonis also points to a Washington Post article from 1922 that reports Greenland glaciers to be fast disappearing and arctic seals not engaging their warmer waters. Subsequently the period from the 1980's to 2000 showed an aggressive rise in temperature. Tsonis does agree to an element of human activity and greenhouse gas that contributes to the MDO cycle but does not believe in predictions of catastrophe associated with Global Warming. He further states that we may see reports of an on setting ice age by the early 2030's, as the MDO's shift causing temperatures to rise once again. The politics of the prevailing Global Warming theory is evident in governmental budgets. Dr. David Viner, formerly of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit claims snow will become scarce to the U.K if not globally. "Children just aren't going to know what snow is." (Rose, Viner, 2000)

Conclusion:

The trend appears to be cyclical, with the cycles of warming and cooling exhibiting a higher standard deviation and variance every 20 to 30 years. The warming appears to push the extreme of warm temperatures globally, both as an annual average and the daily high temperature, and likewise for the cooling period.
This most recent warming phase (1980 to 2000) appears to have involved a more severe warming phase that the previous warming phase, and the previous cooling phase (1940 to late 1970) evidenced as being more severe than its' previous as well, with winter's annually blanketing the northeast U.S. continuously with feet of snow. The multi-billion dollar notion of Global Warming appears to be only conditionally true and not linked statistically significantly to greenhouse gas emission. As nature often does act in cycles, the research linking global warming and global cooling as a "Ying/Yang" relationship does support the global warming idea under constraints as a function of time. However, this is inconsistent with the accepted notion of Global Warming defined. "Some scientists who strongly disagree with each other on the extent of warming coming in this century, and on what to do about it, agreed that it was important not to be tempted to over interpret short-term swings in climate, either hot or cold." (Revkin, NY Times, 2008)

CO2 emissions world-wide and resulting temperature increase

The CO2 emissions in tons is on the Y axis or to the left (red)

The temperature is indicated in on the Y axis or to the left (blue)

The Year is on the X Axis or on the bottom.

Courtesy: http://timeforchange.org/mitigate-global-warming-effects-temperature-simulation

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