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AKASOFU’s PROJECTION http://people.iarc.uaf.edu/~sakasofu/. Two components: +0.5C/century since Little Ice Age Plus multi-decadal oscillations - oceans Distinctive forward projection from IPCC. S-Y Akasofu , 2010, Natural Science 2 1211-24 ‘On the recovery from the little ice age’.
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AKASOFU’s PROJECTIONhttp://people.iarc.uaf.edu/~sakasofu/ Two components: +0.5C/century since Little Ice Age Plus multi-decadal oscillations - oceans Distinctive forward projection from IPCC
S-Y Akasofu , 2010, Natural Science 2 1211-24 ‘On the recovery from the little ice age’ Conclusions and Actions Data at 2008 at red dot, now in 2011 on green arrowhead d2T/dt2>0 in IPPC models d2T/dt2<0 since 1995 in data • An agreed first order pathway at national level, cascadable to local levels • Economic development will trump science fears every time. • Urgent demonstrators at scale based on no-regrets actions. • A rebalancing of the debate in favour of adaptation over mitigation • A Trial-Type Enquiry into Scientific and Engineering Integrity and a means to restore public trust. • Not convinced that the RS ‘Science as a Public Enterprise’ will suffice • A Let us agree now at what point will the GCM modellers should admit defeat if this trend continues. 2