February 19, 2007

Mainland Antarctica not showing global warming effects

Never fear, they're currently looking for them:

A new report on climate over the world's southernmost continent shows that temperatures during the late 20th century did not climb as had been predicted by many global climate models.

Says "David Bromwich, professor of professor of atmospheric sciences in the Department of Geography, and researcher with the Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State University":

"It's hard to see a global warming signal from the mainland of Antarctica right now... Part of the reason is that there is a lot of variability there. It's very hard in these polar latitudes to demonstrate a global warming signal. This is in marked contrast to the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula that is one of the most rapidly warming parts of the Earth... The best we can say right now is that the climate models are somewhat inconsistent with the evidence that we have for the last 50 years from continental Antarctica... We're looking for a small signal that represents the impact of human activity and it is hard to find it at the moment."

Posted to Miscellania at February 19, 2007 12:05 AM

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...the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula that is one of the most rapidly warming parts of the Earth.

Posted by: leftywacko at February 20, 2007 08:42 AM

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