Climate scientists find warming in higher atmosphere: Elusive tropospheric hot spot located
Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 10:00
in Earth & Climate
Updated data and better analysis methods have found clear indications of warming in the upper troposphere and a 10 percent increase in winds over the Southern Ocean. The inability to detect this hotspot previously has been used by those who doubt human-made global warming to suggest climate change is not occurring as a result of increasing carbon dioxide emissions.