(Natural News) When much of the world was plunged into lockdown last year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, there was a lot of speculation that the lack of activity would benefit the environment. However, a new study shows that these changes to our lifestyles actually slightly warmed the planet for several months in 2020 in a counterintuitive finding that underscores the role of airborne particles in influencing temperatures.
In fact, the temperatures in some places of the eastern United States as well as China and Russia rose by as much as half to two-thirds of a degree, according to the study, which was published in Geophysical Research Letters. This was because there were fewer soot and sulfate particles in the air from car exhaust and burning coal. These particles normally have a temporary cooling effect on the atmosphere as they reflect the sun’s heat.
When the emissions of aerosols dropped suddenly last spring, it meant that more of the sun’s heat was able to reach the planet, particularly in countries that are heavily industrialized and normally pump significant amounts of aerosols into the atmosphere. For example, the warming reached around 0.7 degrees Fahrenheit across much of Russia and the United States. The effects were mixed in the tropics and relatively minor in the southern hemisphere, where the emissions of aerosol generally tend to be far less pervasive. read more
So the democrats policies are KILLING THE PLANET!!!
How dare you!
I think I know the reason for the warming: Have you noticed how much heat those big Plazma scree tee vees (that were looted during the “peaceful demonstrations “) put out?
I thought my carburetted airhead Beetle was killing all the ducks.
Now I find it’s making the place cold?
This shit will not stand!
Erik, I used to have that problem too.
Then I got a big block and now I don’t even notice when I run over ducks.
I never knew there was a sliding scale of temporary global warming. How does it begin? When does it end? What is the definition of temporary? How do you know if it’s temporary or permanent? How many degrees of temperature are involved? How do you know your definitions are correct?
Lord knows there has never been temperature variations from year to year.
@Extirpates – GW behaves very oddly, and becomes most rampant when there are large financial grants up for grabs.
Was it 3 yeas ago we had that Nazi Cold Front that had us at 30 to even 40 degrees of frost for a month?
That was some global warming right there. Golly!
I guess I didn’t drive my Beetle enough. I wasn’t burning anthracite that year, either. That was the winter that got me to burning anthracite.
What bothers me the most is that there are people that believe this claptrap.
My Three Bean Slow Burn Chili cause temporary Global Warming. But damn, it’s worth it.
I worked outside all summer. It was way hotter & more humid.
This winter has also been warmer than normal. I was replacing a heat exchanger today and it has been a warmer February than normal.
But the minute you mention solar shading they cut you off and look at you like you are nuts.
HOWEVER, if you are Bill gated they fawn over you when you want to carry out shading & heat absorbing experiments in the upper atmosphere.
Yeah, I’m the nut job…
How dare you.
All the burn bans going on where there are drought conditions should have made up for it, right?