Faster Pace of Glacier Melt in the 1940s: Lower Aerosol Pollution
ScienceDaily “” The most recent studies by researchers at ETH Zurich show that in the 1940s Swiss glaciers were melting at an even-faster pace than at present. This is despite the fact that the temperatures in the 20th century were lower than in this century. Researchers see the main reason for this as the lower level of aerosol pollution in the atmosphere. In its work, the research team took into account the solar radiation measured on the Earth’s surface in Davos since 1934. Studies over the past two decades have shown that solar radiation varies substantially due to aerosols and clouds, and this is assumed to influence climate fluctuations. Read Article
Ed – Seeing as the ever fluctuating sun is the source of all our heat & light, and that water vapour makes up 97% of all ‘greenhouse gases’ this therefore makes logical sense. Note how it is nothing to do with the very minor ‘greenhouse gas’ CO2 however.
