Atlantic cooling may be temporary respite
even though the earth is heating up there could be some relief, say recent studies. And we have to thank the Atlantic Ocean for this respite. Researchers at Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, Kiel, Germany, who studied the Atlantic say the ocean's natural phenomenon could slow down global warming. The ocean goes through warm and cool phases, weakening future global warming trends by about 30 per cent of the prediction of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (ipcc) fourth assessment report presented last year. That does not mean, warn the researchers, no more belt-tightening is required on greenhouse (ghg) emissions.
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