What Has Caused the Observed Warming over Recent Decades? Pressure?

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What Has Caused the Observed Warming over Recent Decades? Pressure? Cloud Data Source: Dim, J. R. et al. (2011), The recent state of the climate: Driving components of cloud‐type variability, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D11117, doi:10.1029/2010JD014559.

Cloud Dynamics is the Likely Cause for Observed Global Temperature Changes over the past 33 years Cloud Data Source: Dim et al. 2011. The recent state of the climate: Driving components of cloud‐type variability, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D11117, doi:10.1029/2010JD014559.

Changes in Cloud Cover Better Explain Temperature Trends than Atmospheric CO2

Evidence for New (Unbeknown) Climate Drivers Ref: Viterito A (2016) The Correlation of Seismic Activity and Recent Global Warming. J Earth Sci Clim Change. 7: 345. doi:10.4172/2157-7617.1000345.

Seismic Activity and Global Temperature from Viterito (2016) Ref: Viterito A (2016) The Correlation of Seismic Activity and Recent Global Warming. J Earth Sci Clim Change. 7: 345. doi:10.4172/2157-7617.1000345.