Pollution Counters Manmade Global Warming by Causing Manmade Cooling

Human activity not only causes global warming; it has been revealed to also cause cooling:

Pollution in the atmosphere is having an unexpected consequence, scientists say—it’s helping to cool the climate, masking some of the global warming that’s occurred so far.

Conveniently, this can be used to explain why recent slight temperature fluctuations have come nowhere near to achieving the apocalyptic levels foretold by Al Gore and his disciples.

New research is helping to quantify just how big that effect might be. A study published this month in the journal Geophysical Research Letters suggests that eliminating the human emission of aerosols—tiny, air-polluting particles often released by industrial activities—could result in additional global warming of anywhere from half a degree to 1 degree Celsius.

In terms of the natural fluctuation of our planet’s climate, 1°C is absurdly insignificant. But warmists want us to think it is a big deal.

This would virtually ensure that the planet will warm beyond the most stringent climate targets outlined in the Paris climate agreement. World leaders have set an ambitious goal of keeping global temperatures within 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius of their preindustrial levels. But research suggests the world has already warmed by about 1 degree—meaning even another half a degree of warming could push the planet into dangerous territory.

Looks like we had better counter the harmless CO2 with more soot and other particulates.

The most striking aspect of this story is the assumption by grown adults that the useless bureauweenies who posture over champagne at their taxpayer-financed climate conferences have any say whatsoever in what the global temperature will be.

On a tip from Bodhisattva.