Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Interesting global cooling quote from Phil Jones in 1985

Hide the decline - The perplexing temperature data published 1974-84 and recent temperature data.
The above downplaying of the temperature decline after 1930 is in contrast to the viewpoints in the 1970-85 period, here a few quotes:

U.S. National science board 1974:
“During the last 20 to 30 years, world temperature has fallen, irregularly at first but more sharply over the last decade”

Phil Jones, 1985, about the temperature decline after the 1930´ies:
No satisfactory explanation for this cooling exists, and the cooling itself is perplexing because it is contrary to the trend expected from increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration. Changing Solar Activity and/or changes in explosive volcanic activity has been suggested as causes… but we suspect it may be an internal fluctuation possibly resulting from a change in North Atlantic deep water production rate.”

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