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It's worth pointing out that there likely is no such thing as the AMO. The scientist who coined the term in some pioneering work in 2000 has, over the past few
by counters 5y ago
It's worth pointing out that there likely is no such thing as the AMO. The scientist who coined the term in some pioneering work in 2000 has, over the past few years, been extremely outspoken that it was probably an errant interpretation of the data available at the time (e.g. https://michaelmann.net/content/rise-and-fall-atlantic-multidecadal-oscillation https://michaelmann.net/content/rise-and-fall-atlantic-multi...) and even just a year ago published an article in Nature which more or less thoroughly eliminates the possibility of such a mode of multi-decadal variability actually existing (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-13823-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-13823-w).
- btilly 5y agoWhether or not the variation is a predictable cycle notwithstanding, there is a substantial natural variation, and the 1960s coincided with a drop in Atlantic sea temperatures of the right order of magnitude. Which suggests that natural variation could have caused the 1960s to be unusually cool relative to overall warming trends.