Global warming adds more pure water to the sea in the North Atlantic
Gulf stream slows
Slower Gulf stream cools the temperatures
Sounds to me like a natural thermostat.
Also a lower temperature sea will increase the likelyhood of dissolving the extra CO2 into the seawater.
Most of this kind of research (models) are focused on extrapolation in this case the time-frame (using a couple of years +-100 to predict too much 800 or more and using limited knowledge gained from other sources such as core samples).
And I'm not trying too discredit the sciences of core samples etc. It is just that their findings are still being refined too.
Models are a great tool to research complex behaviour. But those that use their findings blindly as fact are bound to be humiliated.
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- Global warming adds more pure water to the sea in the North Atlantic
- Gulf stream slows
- Slower Gulf stream cools the temperatures
Sounds to me like a natural thermostat.Also a lower temperature sea will increase the likelyhood of dissolving the extra CO2 into the seawater.
Most of this kind of research (models) are focused on extrapolation in this case the time-frame (using a couple of years +-100 to predict too much 800 or more and using limited knowledge gained from other sources such as core samples).
And I'm not trying too discredit the sciences of core samples etc. It is just that their findings are still being refined too.
Models are a great tool to research complex behaviour. But those that use their findings blindly as fact are bound to be humiliated.
I've still got the code, just move it out of reach ;-)