On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:00:53 GMT, David wrote:
On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:43:12 +0000 (UTC), "Larry"
wrote:



Okay, let's stick with NASA. Last year, NASA published a report which said
that earth's oceans have significantly cooled since 2003
(http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006...n_Cooling.txt).

''Significantly''? 0.055 degrees is ''significant''?

I would say that the loss of 20% of the heat gained between 1955 and
2003 is quite definitely "significant" (see your quote below). The rate
is impressive too. The heat gained in 48 years has supposedly decreased
by 20% in only an additional three years (the date of the report).

Another part of the paper says "Lyman said the cause of the recent
cooling is not yet clear. Research suggests it may be due to a net loss
of heat from the Earth." That would seem to eliminate the idea of the
heat being moved from one part of the earth to another.

''Researchers found the average temperature of the upper ocean rose by
0.16 degrees Fahrenheit from 1993 to 2003, and then fell 0.055
degrees Fahrenheit from 2003 to 2005. The recent decrease is a dip
equal to about one-fifth of the heat gained by the ocean between 1955
and 2003. They analyzed data from a broad array of ocean moorings,
floats and shipboard sensors, and supported their results with data
from NASA's Jason and Topex/Poseidon satellites.

Lyman said the recent cooling is not unprecedented. "While global
ocean temperatures have generally increased over the past 50 years,
there have also been substantial decadal decreases," he said. "Other
studies have shown that a similar rapid cooling took place from 1980
to 1983. But overall, the long-term trend is warming."

Please allow me to reiterate my original point: I agree that the earth
is warming. I just don't buy into the idea that carbon dioxide is the
primary reason. CO2 levels continued to increase during the years that
the oceans lost 20% of the heat they gained since 1955, and that should be
yet another reason to question the orthodoxy of CO2 driven warming.

Unfortunately, CO2 driven warming is the new religion of the
environmental left, and they're not interested in the scientific facts.
Witness some of the shrill posters in this forum (not you) who don't
want anyone to question their religion.