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Originally Posted by Undertoad
The elephant in the room is the pause. For the last 18 years there has been, statistically speaking, no global warming; despite an ever-increasing concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere. Science tells us that now a majority of the CO2 mankind has added to the atmosphere has happened since this pause began.
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The pause has not been that long. However the reasons for the pause are both scary and appreciated by math such as Fourier transforms. If this research confirms what the math suggests, this slightly less warming will be followed by a sudden increase.
Whereas some years the temperature increases will be less. And other years, more. But we know this. The trend is clearly for increasing temperatures due to what man dumps in the atmosphere. Global temperatures have only decreased where extremist pervert, misrepresent, or intentionally distort facts.
We know a direct relationship exists betweem CO2 levels and global warming. The only 'debate' is in the numbers (once we dispose of comments by wacko extremists and only listen to moderates).
We know oceans have seen a major and disturbing increase in acidity due to CO2 emissions. Again, the only debate is in which numbers (bigger or smaller) define this relationship. That also may explain why current CO2 numbers are lower than they should be.