I saw a PBS special that showed that global dimming is duking it out with global warming. It said that global warming would be even worse than it is if it weren't for global dimming counter-acting it. What do you think?
What do you think about global dimming?
With all the media-hype about global warming, global dimming seems to have completely escaped the media attention in Australia.... I haven't heard anything about it.
If there is such a counter-effect to global warming that is currently active, then it would be reducing global warming. I suppose that also depends on how much global warming is due to mankind's activities. If global warming and dimming are natural processes that are meant to balance, then mankind's activities may have tipped the scales past the point where the system can recover by itself.
If there is such a counter-effect to global warming that is currently active, then it would be reducing global warming. I suppose that also depends on how much global warming is due to mankind's activities. If global warming and dimming are natural processes that are meant to balance, then mankind's activities may have tipped the scales past the point where the system can recover by itself.
| MeddlingMonk wrote: |
| With all the media-hype about global warming, global dimming seems to have completely escaped the media attention in Australia.... I haven't heard anything about it. |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_dimming
Interesting... thanks for the link, Bikerman.
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