![]() ![]() ![]() The effects of global dimming have been enhanced during this period by the mixing of more surface heat down to deeper ocean water, by the dominance of La Nina (cooler) conditions in the Pacific, and by a prolonged period of minimal solar radiation. Temperatures then started to rise again, but have leveled off since 1997 due to the recent industrialization of China and India, the effect of which has been to artificially cool down global temperature once more. This lifted the manmade protective aerosol shield, also called “global dimming”. Sulfate and nitrate levels in precipitation decreased by some 40 percent since that time. Congress imposed acid emission regulations through the Clean Air Act which was strengthened two decades later in 1990. Remember the acid rain and smog from the 50’s and 60’s? In 1970, the U.S. From roughly 1940 to 1980 there was a massive increase in power production during the Great Acceleration of the West. The aerosol effect is now coming primarily from the burning of poor quality coal in Asia(China and India). ![]() One of the reasons for the Arctic’s rapid temperature increase is that it is not being shielded by industrial pollutants that once came from the Northern Hemisphere. Wasdell states, “The Arctic… is the fastest moving response to global warming and climate change anywhere on the planet.” We can see that even the worse case scenarios plotted by mainstream climate models have grossly underestimated what is happening in the Arctic. The original transcript of the two videos is here. I have watched both videos and posted an abbreviated version of them below. An astute reader has directed me to a couple of brilliant, just-released videos done by David Wasdell (produced by Envisionation) which bring into focus the rapid changes that are occurring in the Arctic and what the horrific implications are for the rest of the planet. ![]()
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