The Oceans Ate My Global Warming is not Ad Hockery

Preramble

As I was knocking about Twitter, I stumbled upon this little bit of a conversation we've had a bazillion times:

It's an ad hoc hypothesis then. The models that utilized the hypothesis that increased atmospheric CO2 should result in swiftly rising temperatures on earth were mostly wrong. Then modelers post hoc change the models, rerun the data, and proclaim that the models are spot on. #AGW pic.twitter.com/wzYOfM3pTu

— On the North Coast (@usanorthcoast) June 11, 2018

I thought it might be fun to go snorkeling on teh Goggle Scholar for dusty old papers from the '70s and '80s discussing the ocean's role in interannual and interdecadal climate variability.

The Evidence

1st volley:

1984:https://t.co/KUJOASpt9y

1986:https://t.co/6QQBOpNVZ5https://t.co/U5lf0qZOQN

Shall I continue?

— Brandon R. Gates (@brandonrgates) June 11, 2018

2nd batch:

I guess I need to continue.

1978:https://t.co/HYXTI9v2YO

1983:https://t.co/Dn0jLYNRQM

1989:https://t.co/ZJh0dZldA5

I can keep going if required.

— Brandon R. Gates (@brandonrgates) June 12, 2018

That's all for now ... possible updates if they happen.