tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142988674703954802.post5122075824499796588..comments2024-03-11T04:54:26.827-07:00Comments on THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: New paper finds eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean was 2C warmer than present 10,000 years agoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142988674703954802.post-11885048715542624802015-06-12T08:18:24.953-07:002015-06-12T08:18:24.953-07:00In the southern hemisphere a southward migration o...In the southern hemisphere a southward migration of the Subtropical Front is a poleward migration and would have been mirrored in the northern hemisphere.<br /><br />This accords with my view that changes in the energy balance of the Earth system are countered by latitudinal climate zone shifting and changes in the zonality / meridionality of the jet stream tracks.<br /><br />Such changes happen all the time as a result of variability in sun and oceans and the solar influence is the primary forcing agent which works either via the Milankovitch cycles to move the Earth in and out of ice ages or via the mechanism I described here:<br /><br />http://joannenova.com.au/2015/01/is-the-sun-driving-ozone-and-changing-the-climate/<br /><br />for shorter climate cycling on time scales of 1000 to 1500 years or less.<br /><br />The question I have often asked of AGW proponents (to no avail) is how far they think our CO2 emissions might have shifted the climate zones if one accepts that CO2 has a net warming effect (I am doubtful that it has any but that is another matter).<br /><br />My guess would be that the effect would be too small to measure compared to natural variations.<br /><br />As for how I think the entire climate system works see here:<br /><br />http://www.newclimatemodel.com/new-climate-model/<br /><br />especially steps 1 to 20 in the body of the text.<br />Stephen Wildehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07357171106480483956noreply@blogger.com