On Nov 14, 9:20�am, "BillP" wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message

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On Nov 14, 8:59?am, "BillP" wrote:
Not to pick nits, but from the concluding sentence of the lead
paragraph:
"The results suggest not all the large changes seen in Arctic climate
in recent years are a result of long term trends associated with
global warming."

How does one stretch from "not all of the large changes are associated
with global warming" to "most of the changes are not associated with
global warming"? �Looks like an Olympic style broad jump, at least to
me.

Very simple- it is the writer of the article who states "The results suggest
not all the large changes seen in Arctic climate in recent years are a
result of long term trends associated with global warming.". The actual
scientist states "Our study confirms many changes seen in upper Arctic Ocean
circulation in the 1990s were mostly decadal in nature, rather than trends
caused by global warming".

You are correct, but seawater circulation is only *one* of the many
changes in the arctic. The seawater circulation chagnes, specifically-
(rather than "most of the large changes") is not, in the opinion of
the scientist quoted, a result of global warming.