RECENT GLOBAL COOLING: SUMMARY

Proffesson Don J. Easterbrook, Department of Geology på Western Washington University har en hel del intressant forskning relaterat till klimatet. Min personliga kommentar blir att peak oil i kombination med vad som i realiteten verkar vara ett akut problem rörande global cooling inte känns vidare optimalt. Kanske jag skall slå till med att sätta igång den där tilläggsisoleringen av huset jag funderat på en tid samt kanske även försöka optimera mitt borrade hål till bergvärmen genom att återleda värme och därmed få lite bättre verkningsgrad?

"We are entering a solar cycle of much reduced sunspots, very similar to that which accompanied the change from the Medieval Warm Period to the Little Ice Age, which virtually all scientists agree was caused by solar variation. Thus, we seem to be headed for cooler temperatures as a result of reduce solar irradiance.

Sea surface temperatures in the NE Pacific mirror the atmospheric observations of cooling since 2002.

Some glaciers are slowing their rate of retreat in response to the past 6 years of cooling. (They aren't readvancing yet because it takes awhile for a turnaround.

So what is the significance of the present globally icy winter and cooling trend for the past 6 years? By itself, it’s weather and arguably not statistically important. However, when considered in the light of the recent cooling trend, the continuation of that pattern is important because if we are to believe the IPCC’s prediction of a 1° F warming by 2011, that will require warming of almost 1° F in the next three years! The IPCC recasts its predictions every year to match actual conditions so they appear to stay ‘on-track.’ However, they made finite predictions some years ago and if IPCC is to remain credible, those predictions need to be accountable. In a nutshell, in 2001, I put my reputation on the line and published my predictions for entering a global cooling cycle about 2007 (plus or minus 3-5 years), based on past glacial, ice core, and other data. As right now, my prediction seems to be right on target and what we would expect from the past climatic record, but the IPCC prediction is getting farther and farther off the mark. With the apparent solar cooling cycle upon us, we have a ready explanation for global warming and cooling. If the present cooling trend continues, the IPCC reports will have been the biggest farce in the history of science."

RECENT GLOBAL COOLING: SUMMARY
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~dbunny/research/global/glocool_summary.pdf

The icing on the cake
http://intheendwerealldebt.blogspot.com/2008/11/icing-on-cake.html