tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post115172056757391982..comments2024-03-26T16:03:42.608-06:00Comments on Flares into Darkness: A Bit of Cold Water for Hot Air?ambisinistralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1151727572395308062006-06-30T22:19:00.000-06:002006-06-30T22:19:00.000-06:00STy,Is it possible the inflection point is an arti...STy,<BR/><BR/>Is it possible the inflection point is an artifact of using thermometers instead of proxies?Barry Dauphinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808109325931309525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1151722057358844222006-06-30T20:47:00.000-06:002006-06-30T20:47:00.000-06:00If the earth was coming out of "the Little Ice Age...<I>If the earth was coming out of "the Little Ice Age" within the last 400 years, what does that do to the NAS conclusions of the 20th century and late 20th century being the warmest period over the last 400 years?</I><BR/><BR/>Oh, that's an easy one: it reduces the whole statement to a "well, <I>duh!</I>" Exactly as saying "it's now the warmest it's been since the low temperature 12 hours ago."<BR/><BR/>The whole global-warming argument doesn't necessarily depend on what estimated temperatures were back around 900-1100CE --- the time when the Vikings were growing grapes in Nova Scotia and calling it "Vinland" --- because there is some evidence for an inflection point about 1850-1900CE to a faster rate of change. But any claim that we're warmer than the "little climatic optimum" at the beginning of the last millenium <I>does</I> depend on the proxies --- proxies which don't, for some reason, work now.Charlie Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586506407851173416noreply@blogger.com