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Globale temperatures dropping fast

Tim the plumber said:
Do you think that the current level of warming (please give dates and temperature change levels so we know what we are talking about) is exceptional compared to even the breif historical record we have?
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What makes this climate change exceptional is that there is no natural explanation for it.
 
Napoleon said:
What makes this climate change exceptional is that there is no natural explanation for it.
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I think you mean scientists have not explained it yet.

Maybe they should start by understanding that the various warming mechanisms start as a feedback from solar energy. How many papers acknowledge that?
 
Napoleon said:
What makes this climate change exceptional is that there is no natural explanation for it.
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Can you explain the medeval warm period or the holocene optimal where temperatures were significantly warmer than now and the Sahara desert was a land of grass, woods and lakes?

Or the little ice age when the Thames river in London would freeze over every year and they held market fares there?

The climate wanders around a bit. We do not know exactly why in the detail you would like. That does not mean we should panic about what is predicted to be, at most, a slight inconvenience.
 
Tim the plumber said:

That does not mean we should panic about what is predicted to be, at most, a slight inconvenience.
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I find a warming far less of an inconvenience than a cooling would be.
 
Tim the plumber said:
Can you explain the medeval warm period or the holocene optimal where temperatures were significantly warmer than now and the Sahara desert was a land of grass, woods and lakes?

Or the little ice age when the Thames river in London would freeze over every year and they held market fares there?

The climate wanders around a bit. We do not know exactly why in the detail you would like. That does not mean we should panic about what is predicted to be, at most, a slight inconvenience.
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The Medieval Warming Period was characterized by regional warming amidst a global cooling trend. The Little Ice Age was likely caused by an increase in volcanic activity.
 
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