Pacific Decadal Oscillation?

Just when Al Gore has done another investmentwill likely be on west Coast residents, particularly
placement around global warming issues we get wordgrowers. Well, that should make for some great white
of Pacific decadal Oscillation? Say what? Thewines, but who likes white? Better buy the reds now!
investment vehicle headed by Al Gore has closed aWarns meteorologist Anthony Watts: "Look out
new $683m fund to invest in early-stage environmentalCalifornia agriculture. The wine industry, fruits and nut
companies and has mounted a robust defence ofgrowers will be hit with a shorter growing season and
green investing. The Climate Solutions Fund will be onemore threats of frost, among other things."
of the biggest in the growing market for investmentWatts cites two recent reports of frost-induced crop
funds with an environmental slants.devastation - an apple orchard in Paradise and wine
The allegedly global warming is in for about 30 yearsgrapes in Nevada County. He also offers a brief
of cooling according to NASA, one of the leadinghistory of last century's PDO phase shifts, and warns
global warming theory advocates. Who's a person tothat California's agriculture, which experienced
believe?"unprecedented growth" during the past warm phase,
Will we need a recount of those for and against globalmay now be in serious trouble as things cool down.
warming, without hanging chads? :-)But what about helioseismological increases? :-)
NASA has confirmed that a developing natural climateIn 1905, PDO switched to a warm phase, in 1946, PDO
pattern will likely result in much colder temperatures,switched to a cool phase, and in 1977, PDO switched
according to Marc Shepherd, writing in the April 30to a warm phase again. Now they tell us! Notes
American Thinker. He adds that NASA was also quickShepherd "Recently lower global temps, likely caused
to point out that such natural phenomena should notby the late start of Solar Cycle 24, already have some
confuse the issue of manmade greenhouse gasgreenhouse gassers nervous - particularly amid
induced global warming which apparently will be goingspeculation of a possible impending 'little ice age.'
on behind the scenes while our teeth are chatteringBut what about the solar peaks of 2012? Ah, we're
from a decade and a half long cold spell.just into what's happening here on earth, not what's
I'm confused here!going on out there in space. But, maybe we'll be forced
"A cool-water anomaly known as La Niñatoo. Today has enough trouble for it's own.
occupied the tropical Pacific Ocean throughout 2007Says NASA: "Natural, large-scale climate patterns like
and early 2008. In April 2008, scientists at NASA's Jetthe PDO and El Niño-La Niña are
Propulsion Laboratory announced that while the Lasuperimposed on global warming caused by increasing
Niña was weakening, the Pacific decadalconcentrations of greenhouse gases and landscape
Oscillation - a larger-scale, Slower-cycling oceanchanges like deforestation. According to Josh Willis,
pattern - had shifted to its cool phase." Will Al believeJPL oceanographer and climate scientist, 'These
this?natural climate phenomena can sometimes hide global
Notes Shepherd "This shift in the PDO, which could lastwarming caused by human activities. Or they can
for 20 or 30 years, can have significant implications forhave the opposite effect of accentuating it.'"
global climate, affecting Pacific and Atlantic hurricaneIn other words, CO2 is secretly warming the planet. Or
activity, droughts and flooding around the Pacific basin,maybe not. Maybe it's due to things in the universe
the productivity of marine ecosystems and global landsince ALL o the planets in our solar system are
temperature patterns."warming up.
And the greatest impact here in the states, he adds,