Timmermann suspects theactualchanges in sea surface temperaturearedue tonatural variability in the ocean that canceled out the human-caused changes predicted by the models.
Karl Timmermann became the first American officer to cross the tottering Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine when "the inner door to Germany had swung wide, never to be shut again" and on to the final German surrender at 2 a.m. on Monday, May 7.