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New paper finds droughts in China were more severe in the past when CO2 was "safe"
A paper published today in Climate of the Past reconstructs climate over the past 306 years in SE China and finds precipitation extremes were much more severe in the past when CO2 was "safe." According to the authors, the longest drought occurred from 1867-1932, the longest wet period occurred from 1934-1957, and the 19th century was the driest century. The authors find, "recent drought in 1993–2008 was still within the frame of natural climate variability based on the 306 yr PDSI reconstruction."
The authors also find precipitation was strongly linked to solar activity and the natural Asian-Pacific Oscillation [APO]. The tree-ring reconstruction also shows another non-hockey-stick with temperatures in the 1940's and 1650's higher than at the end of the record in 2008.
http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/new-paper-finds-droughts-in-china-were.html
A paper published today in Climate of the Past reconstructs climate over the past 306 years in SE China and finds precipitation extremes were much more severe in the past when CO2 was "safe." According to the authors, the longest drought occurred from 1867-1932, the longest wet period occurred from 1934-1957, and the 19th century was the driest century. The authors find, "recent drought in 1993–2008 was still within the frame of natural climate variability based on the 306 yr PDSI reconstruction."
The authors also find precipitation was strongly linked to solar activity and the natural Asian-Pacific Oscillation [APO]. The tree-ring reconstruction also shows another non-hockey-stick with temperatures in the 1940's and 1650's higher than at the end of the record in 2008.
http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/new-paper-finds-droughts-in-china-were.html