New Study Finds Recent Global Warming Mostly Driven By Natural Forces—Not CO2

Recent warming is largely due to natural climate factors, with only one-third linked to rising greenhouse gases - Pierre Gosselin

A recent paper by Ad Huijser, “Global Warming and the ‘impossible’ Radiation Imbalance,” published in Science of Climate Change, presents a detailed analysis that challenges the widely held assumption that rising greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations are the sole, or even the primary, drivers of recent global warming. - Hat-tip Report 24.

• By comparing observed energy trends with theoretical forcings, the study concludes that natural factors play a significant and dominant role in the warming observed since the mid-1970s...