Blame it on the ‘Polar Vortex’
This is just in case you are wondering about the current state of “negative global warming.” Relax; it’s just the polar vortex creating some mayhem; everything else is just fine.
The temperatures plunging throughout this continent, the Arctic, and the Antarctic are unforeseen thermometer excursions into minus territory. Relax, everything else is just fine.
The global warming / climate models could not have possibly predicted a severe winter. After all, the current stream of cold air and snow is just one of nature’s aberrations. Relax; everything else is just fine.
Polar Vortex
The polar vortexes (PVs), also known as Arctic cyclones are persistent, large-scale cyclones located near one or both of a planet’s geographical poles. They occur quite frequently, especially over Antarctica, but are rarely noticed in mid latitudes of North America. However, this year is different – as you may have noticed by now.
Some research has linked the appearance of the PVs to the regularly appearing and disappearing “ozone holes” in the troposphere. Now, what’s that?
Ozone Holes
The Ozone Holes (OHs) are also natural things. They are occurring regularly high in the atmosphere (15-50 km above ground) over both geographic poles. In the past, OHs have been linked to the claimed catalytic ozone-destroying effects of certain fluorocarbons (commonly known as “Freon”) emitted from refrigeration and air conditioning working fluids. Such claimed findings led to an international agreement on the phase-out of Freons, termed the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer of 1997.
Well, the Freon-type fluorocarbons have largely been replaced by other materials called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) but the OHs and the PVs are still with us. So, you might ask, what gives?
My View
To begin with, the ozone holes could hardly be an explanation for the PVs. At best, their appearance may be consequential effects of the PVs but not their cause. Reduced solar irradiance as apparent from a dearth of sunspots is the cause of the lack of global warming and the current actual cooling, the PVs and all their consequences.
Apart from that, as it just so happened, when the patents held by E.I. du Pont Nemours and Company (DUP) on the manufacture and use of the Freon-type materials ran out, DUP came up with the HFC-type substitutes. The coincidence was purely that.
Winter
Frigid temperatures will gave way to summer heat waves, eventually. Are they then also to be blamed on polar vortexes?
Just relax, everything will be fine.
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Dr. Klaus L.E. Kaiser is author of CONVENIENT MYTHS, the green revolution – perceptions, politics, and facts
convenientmyths.com
Dr. Kaiser can be reached at: [email protected]
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