Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Climate Disruption: The Wild Wind Blows

Daily Mail

Increased temperatures on America's West Coast are not a result of human-caused climate change, but rather naturally occurring wind changes according to a new study.

The 1 degree Fahrenheit of warming that has been recorded on the coast of the northwest Pacific Ocean is due to weaker winds and changing ocean circulation, not a buildup of greenhouse gasses.

These weaker winds accounted for more than 80% of the warming trend along the Pacific Northwest coast between Washington and Northern California, and 60% of the warming in Southern California.

This was discovered in a study conducted by researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Washington...
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