Oct 8, 2009 0
The Great Pause
” Positive feedback loops may release ever increasing amount of greenhouse gases” says a recent study by the UK met office released in oxford.
This is the same met department which had earlier predicted ‘a barbecue summer’ for 2009, “warmest year ever” for 2007 and “milder and drier than average winters” for last year for UK. All these “little” predictions proved to be way off-target. The summers in UK were not even closest to an averagely warm summer in UK, the begining of 2007 witnessed a plunge in global temperatures by 0.7 degree C and the last winters were one of the chilliest observed in few years.
Now feedback loops can be the reason which may lead to a 4 degree C rise in global temperatures by 2055, if the emissions are not reduced reveals the study.
The study comes at a time when the internet media is abuzz with talks of a ‘pause’ in the global warming phenomenon. The ‘pause’ has been accepted by the scientists but reasons are being given for the sudden lull in the phenomenon. Hundreds of anti-global warming blogs have become active and the reduced warming is being celebrated by anti-anthropogenic warming proponents and the counterparts have gone into what appears to be a hibernation to strike back with more “unprecedented” reasons.
With this little post I start writing some concrete stuff down here. What I will not write is about the common scare being forecasted but i will try and find out reasons for theories being put forth.
