Guest essay by Eric Worrall
h / t tallbloke; According to researchers in the Paracel Islands, the modern warming period began in 1825 before anthropogenic CO2 could potentially have an impact on the global climate.
Climate change: Global warming could have started before the industrial revolution, according to a Chinese study
Studies of coral reefs in the Paracel Islands suggest that the South China Sea began to warm in 1825. According to researchers, uranium dating has shown samples to have a continuous climate record that dates back to 1520
Stephen Chen in Beijing
Published: 9:30 p.m., February 7, 2021
Why you can trust SCMP
Studies of coral reefs in the Paracel Islands suggest that the South China Sea began to warm at the beginning of the industrial revolution in 1825, according to a study by Chinese scientists.
That year the world’s first railroad opened in England, and most of the ocean-going vessels were still using wind power.
Man-made carbon dioxide emissions might not fully explain such an early rise in the warming trend, said a peer-reviewed article published in Quaternary Sciences on Friday.
The Paracel coral record “will fill some important gaps in high-resolution global marine environmental records and help us better understand the history of environmental change in tropical waters,” said researchers, led by Tao Shichen of the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology.
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Read more: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3120897/climate-change-global-warming-may-have-started-industrial
I can’t find a link to the study. If someone finds one, please post in the comments.
The Paracel Islands, like the better-known Spratly Islands, are a contested area in the South China Sea and a potential future geopolitical hotspot.
If Tao Shichen’s team is correct, this study complements evidence that modern warming has a significant natural forcing component.
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