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I brought it in because I did my homework. There are concerns about warming from other sources.
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Originally Posted by link
The ozone losses due to the small eruption at Hekla lasted for about two weeks, and eventually returned to normal levels. This is the first time that people have observed the complete removal of local ozone following a volcanic eruption
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I'm not really surprised at these results. After the 1883 Krakatoa eruption, effects were noted globally and lasted up to five years. It is indeed known that volcanic activity has effects on the atmosphere and hence on the climate.
But the 'homework' should be along the lines of which volcanic eruptions had an impact entirely correlative with the observed increase in global temperatures. There would have to have occured an increasing string of Krakatoa-scale eruptions continually increasing in power in the last two decades. No such thing occured. Ergo, the self-organizational system that the atmosphere is, is capable of, and does indeed absorb these events without going out of equilibrium.
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How do you explain the sea ice growing on Antarctica?
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You're putting the issue a bit too simplistic. An increase in surface might well occur because the supercooled ice of the Antarctic range becomes more liquified and evolves into (wider-spread) shelf ice faster. Just a theory.
In this study :
http://icesat.gsfc.nasa.gov/publicat...anges_2005.pdf you'll find that the total
mass of the Antarctic ice is decreasing in Western Antarctica while indeed increasing in East Antarctica. Overall though, the study shows and increase in higher altitudes and a decrease on the fringes. This happens to be exactly what would be expected with an increase in average temperature.
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Originally Posted by kinetic
Speaking of seeing the light, some scientist believe that Global Warming is caused by brighter sunlight.There is little control over Global Dimming or Brighter Sunshine as Dr. Wild predicts.
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The case here is not exactly about brighter sunlight but about less impediments for it to reach the surface. In fastly developing countries like India or China there is still an increase in this aerosol-caused dimming. The net result of this observation would of course be that global warming is not yet felt at its true potential. Not a good thing.
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Originally Posted by kinetic
It's sounds like it's too late.
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That I don't know. But do you agree that the rate of increase in global temperatures related to time is unprecedented ?
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Originally Posted by kinetic
I am familiar with Gore but what has Bush done?
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Are you kidding me ? Until very recently he simply denied there is an increase in global average temperatures.
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Originally Posted by kinetic
They are below sea level, that's why.
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Probably, yes. But so is Bangladesh or New Orleans. Not much happening there.
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Originally Posted by kinetic
I am unsure what possible help Gore has contributed. He seems to focus on the drama, the spectacular and the illusion of Political Weather patterns called Climate Chaos and still blames Katrina on Bush.
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You
are an automaton, are you not ? I heavily criticized Gore in case you missed it.