I just sent the following to the editor of the uk magazine "The Week"
Your first item in "what the scientists are saying" this week is interesting. There was a discussion on this in the google geoengineering group recently. We have certainly been at a low in sunspots and solar radiation with a predicted rise to a new peak maybe around 2012 on a vague 11 year cycle. we have also been in a la nina state of the ENSO cycle for some years. Also a cooling state. It is now fairly neutral so an el nino event (warming) could appear and peak also around 2012. El nino events have a very unreliable 3-7 year cycle. We could be going into a phase where the background warming due to CO2 is not masked and is accelerated by the loss of arctic sea ice. better get geoengineering ready!! John Gorman --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
