Artic should be cooling not warming

Research that was published in Science magazine points to the 1990’s as the warmest period of time for the Arctic temperatures over the last 2,000 years.

The study results allege that if CO2 gases were not controlling the natural climate patterns than the Arctic would now naturally be cooling down.

The report also said that this cooling which should happen gradually would still continue to happen on into the future if CO2 emissions were not part of the environment along with other greenhouse gases that affect natural climate conditions.

NCAR scientist and co-author of the study David Schneider, stated that the results of the study pointing to CO2 gases as the reason why the Arctic has failed to cool is important because this area of the Earth is where climate change is most dramatically observed globally.

Schneider went on to say that the study is the most conclusive study that provides a record over a lengthy period of time about how CO2 gases have affected the Arctic and its natural climate change system.

Lead author of the study, Darrell Kaufman of the Northern Arizonian University in the US said that the study results actually make previous warnings about climate change even more powerful because the new evidence shows that warming periods should naturally be followed by cooling periods when the atmosphere is not polluted with manmade contaminates.

The study showed that the Arctic was due to naturally cool down over the last century if the atmosphere was not polluted with green house emissions.