Pause Excuse #Lots: Trees Held Their Breath

This is a new one on the list of Great Pause Excuses*

Forests ‘Held Their Breath’ During Global Warming Pause

Forests around the world, widely deemed the lungs of the planet, “held their breath” during the most recent episode of a so-called climate change hiatus, a new study has revealed. The findings are considered significant in predicting how ecosystems will react to rising global temperatures.

A team from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom showed that the global carbon sink — a forest, ocean, or another natural environment that can absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere — was specifically strong from 1998 to 2012, a period of 14 years deemed as a warming pause.

During this time when slower warming occurred, forests worldwide “breathed in” CO2 through the process of photosynthesis, but exhibited a reduced rate of “breathing out” or releasing the gas back into the atmosphere.

First Warmists tell us there was not pause/hiatus, then they turn around and give us an excuse for why there was.

In the study, the total CO2 amount gobbled up by forests slowed during times when warming is rapid, and accelerated during slower warming periods. Photosynthesis also remained constant during slower warming, but the forests emitted less carbon back into the surroundings.

Interestingly, this just happens to occur along the timeline of the pause. But, um, what causes this to happen? And, if true, sure seems like this is a natural process, does it not?

*much like the graphic, the list hasn’t been update in a while. No point. Warmists mostly trot out the same excuses in new ways.