If CO2 emissions are causing global temperatures to rise, why have global temperatures fallen since 2016? Is the earth undergoing global cooling again

I say 'again' because the same media who's reporting on global warming were claiming in 70s that the earth was actually undergoing global cooling and had people believing another ice age was near. Now it's the opposite. I wasn't born in the 70s but people from that time remember how the news media pushed the global cooling theory and that is something people should consider before believing the global warming theory.

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whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

Okay, clever dick. We SHOULD be experiencing a cool weather run right now. Because we are close to what is known as a solar minimum. A quiet period the the suns cycle of activity. But we arent. Because the global warming effect is countering that cooling.
In addition, the methods of measuring temperatures have become more sophisticated over the past decade and now include the previously unaccounted warming of the oceans. Big deal I hear you say. Well it is. Warmer oceans contribute to Coral die off, and it is the cold ocean regions that provide the plankton and krill that form the foundation of the ocean food chain as well as driving the ocean current systems like the Gulf Stream. So as the oceans warm, more moisture goes into the air. the winds speed up and weather events at both ends of the spectrum get more extreme. Maybe you have notice the odd flood, fire or Twister around lately??

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SatyrService · M

@whowasthatmaskedman AMen

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@ISpeakTheTruth The Solar Minimum is an 11 year cycle. From this point on we can expect rising temperatures to accelerate with a solar wind at their back for several years.

MarmeeMarch · M

@whowasthatmaskedman you do realize that the earth is 4B years old and has gone through many millions of hot and cold cycles

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@MarmeeMarch Absolutely. And 4 major die back events that wiped out almost all life on the planet. Your point being?

MarmeeMarch · M

@whowasthatmaskedman That people should not freak out and blame cars and CO2 etc. Unless they wear animal pelts and live in a cave. Cause everybody uses oil.

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@MarmeeMarch Luckily I am not one of the people who will be hit hard by floods, hurricanes or starvation in all this. And you probably are not either. But it is depressing when a bunch of the "haves" cry "Bullsh*t" just so they can drive their pick ups while a lot of others lose their land fresh water and livelihoods. A couple of decades will tell the tale. But since America is eating itself alive already I figure it will all level out in the end. Just not soon enough.

MarmeeMarch · M

@whowasthatmaskedman Ive been eating myself alive for years and enjoying every bite.

MarmeeMarch · M

@whowasthatmaskedman Of course we have been eating ourselves alive since 2016 or whenever a REP is in office.

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@MarmeeMarch Since the 80s actually.

MarmeeMarch · M

@whowasthatmaskedman Right right right --- the Ronald Reagan years

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@MarmeeMarch And every administration since.

MarmeeMarch · M

@whowasthatmaskedman Then it stopped completely when Clinton and BO were at the helm.

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@MarmeeMarch No.. EVERY administration has made a contribution. We have done this before. It doesnt matter what the President wants. Its about what the bought senators and congressmen want.

MarmeeMarch · M

@whowasthatmaskedman Yes agreed and business