[blackjack21]

It seems the media failed to notice the recent cooling trend of the last two years. What could be the problem? Maybe the sun is burning out and we're all going to freeze to death and die unless we change our ways.

Did You Know the Greatest Two-Year Global Cooling Event Just Took Place?

[jimjam]

It seems the media failed to notice the recent cooling trend of the last two years. What could be the problem? Maybe the sun is burning out and we're all going to freeze to death and die unless we change our ways.

Did You Know the Greatest Two-Year Global Cooling Event Just Took Place?

reminds me of this:

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[Zionist Nationalist]

We have entered the low activity sun cycle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cycle

[jimjam]

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[Rancid]

It seems the media failed to notice the recent cooling trend of the last two years. What could be the problem? Maybe the sun is burning out and we're all going to freeze to death and die unless we change our ways.

Did You Know the Greatest Two-Year Global Cooling Event Just Took Place?

The article fails to make mention of the global moving average of temperatures over the last few decades. A 2 year drop because of sun activity doesn't really tell us much.

[Truth To Power]

The article fails to make mention of the global moving average of temperatures over the last few decades. A 2 year drop because of sun activity doesn't really tell us much.

OTC, it tells us that the 20th century warming was probably due mainly to the historically high level of solar activity, and not CO2.

[Rancid]

OTC, it tells us that the 20th century warming was probably due mainly to the historically high level of solar activity, and not CO2.

I want the numbers though.

[Truth To Power]

I want the numbers though.

Well, that's one way to oversimplify. CO2 concentration is a single number, and very easy to measure. Solar activity is not, and neither is global temperature. We can construct indexes, but we don't actually have a definite number. That's one thing that makes it easier for AGW screamers to pretend solar activity is irrelevant.

[Pants-of-dog]

From the article cited in the OP:

None of this argues against global warming. The 1950s was the last decade cooler than the previous decade, the next five decades were all warmer on average than the decade before. Two year cooling cycles, even if they set records, are statistical noise compared to the long-term trend. Moreover, the case for global warming does not rely primarily on observed warming; it has models, historical studies and other science behind it.

[B0ycey]

It is a scientific fact that CO2 retains heat. So how anyone can believe pumping megatonnes of the stuff in the atmosphere has no impact to global tempertures is mindboggling. Every action has a consequence. Just some will easily fall for oil shill propaganda if they can drive their 4x4 without guilt.

[Besoeker]

It is a scientific fact that CO2 retains heat. So how anyone can believe pumping megatonnes of the stuff in the atmosphere has no impact to global tempertures is mindboggling. Every action has a consequence. Just some will easily fall for oil shill propaganda if they can drive their 4x4 without guilt.

Well said that man!

[Sivad]

It is a scientific fact that CO2 retains heat. So how anyone can believe pumping megatonnes of the stuff in the atmosphere has no impact to global tempertures is mindboggling. Every action has a consequence.

Not to say it's not a potential problem, but there's a lot of uncertainty about climate sensitivity. It's not well understood how much change will occur with a given amount forcing. If the system has a low sensitivity a doubling of a trace greenhouse gas might not be a problem.