One rise – two wars - two shifts
The constant temperature rise since 1880, with two
interruptions by war at sea
Thesis
The constant rise of global temperature since about
1880 was interrupted twice by two significant climatic changes. The
first was a two-decade warming after 1920 and the second a slight
cooling after 1940. The two shifts were caused by the two world wars.
Facts
After the end of the ‘Little Ice Age’ in mid 19th
century, the global temperatures started to rise.
The first interruption of the rising temperature trend
occurred, when the war at sea in 1917/18 reached its peak. This
incident resulted in an increased warming of the Northern Hemisphere
for two decades.
The second interruption of the accelerated warming
period 1920 to 1940 occurred when the war at sea commenced in 1939 and
continued on a regional basis until 1941, and on a global basis until
1945, neutralising the pre-1920 and pre-1940 trend for four decades.
Thereon the pre-war trends presumed their previous pace. Since 1980 the
temperatures are rising again.
From a statistical point of view during the last 150
years show primarily a natural recovery from the cooling of the ‘Little
Ice Age’ with a constant rising trend, with two ‘disturbances’ effected
by WWI and WWII.
Evidence
The warfare at sea unleashed mighty forces, capable of
changing the conditions of oceans and seas to an extent that made
climatic change inevitable.
WWI’s sea warfare around Britain initiated some kind
of change in the Norwegian Sea that brought about the Big Warming at
Spitsbergen in 1918, and subsequently the northern North Atlantic
region for two decades.
WWII generated a small cooling of global temperatures
since 1940 and a non-rising trend for four decades, by fighting a
global war at sea in the North Atlantic and Pacific between 1942 and
1945.
When the impact of WWII vanished, the previous trend
resumed to rising temperatures.
Conclusion and further reading
The most spectacular climatic changes during the last
20th century were caused by the two major wars at seas, 1914/18 and
1939/40. Two wars – two trends; Climatic shifts (6_11), and War at sea 1914 – 18 (5_13), and Spitsbergen heats up (5_12), and Oceans at war (4_11), and Sea system effected (4_12).
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