"...If you look at the attached plot you will see that the land also shows the 1940s warming blip (as I'm sure you know). So, if we could reduce the ocean blip by, say 0.15 deg C, then this would be significant for the global mean-but we'd still have to explain the land blip..."

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Source : "Climate Science and Candor". www.wsj.com. November 24, 2009.

Tom Wigley

#Ocean Quotes #Mean Quotes #Land Quotes

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