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Glaciers may have helped warm Earth
Science Daily ^ | 7/31/17 | Science Daily

Posted on 08/02/2017 5:04:19 PM PDT by Openurmind

Study details effect of glacial versus nonglacial weathering on carbon cycle

Date:July 31, 2017

Source:Rice University Summary:

Weathering of Earth by glaciers may have warmed the planet over eons by aiding the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. A new study shows the cumulative effect may have created negative feedback that prevented runaway glaciation.

(Excerpt) Read more at sciencedaily.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: co2; fakescience; globalwarming
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1 posted on 08/02/2017 5:04:19 PM PDT by Openurmind
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To: Openurmind

Why does ice keep my fridge cold?


2 posted on 08/02/2017 5:06:36 PM PDT by SkyDancer (You know they invented wheelbarrows to teach FAA inspectors to walk on their hind legs.)
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To: SkyDancer

Science Denier!


3 posted on 08/02/2017 5:07:47 PM PDT by PROCON (President Reagan, your worthy successor has arrived to save our beloved America)
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To: Openurmind

The glaciers “created negative feedback”?

Well, let’s just put them in the box until they get their minds right.


4 posted on 08/02/2017 5:07:48 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: SkyDancer

Lol...Go move it around and it will warm up in there.


5 posted on 08/02/2017 5:08:43 PM PDT by Openurmind
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To: Openurmind

There really is no such thing as “too far” for these people. Now, ice ages cause global warming.


6 posted on 08/02/2017 5:08:57 PM PDT by j. earl carter
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To: SkyDancer

Actually heat keeps your fridge cold.


7 posted on 08/02/2017 5:13:30 PM PDT by Mercat (I know my redeemer lives.)
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To: Openurmind

“runaway glaciation”

Hmmm.


8 posted on 08/02/2017 5:13:48 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the SEALs of Extortion 17 - and God Bless The United States of America.)
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To: j. earl carter

Yeah, the headline grabbed me and made me chuckle. What they are hinting at here is the release of carbon dioxide. Which would once again be an effort to paint this gas as a greenhouse gas.


9 posted on 08/02/2017 5:17:45 PM PDT by Openurmind
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To: Openurmind

that might be true if you disregard thermodynamics

factually, glaciers are a heat sink. glaciers absorb heat


10 posted on 08/02/2017 5:18:00 PM PDT by Thibodeaux (Democrat calls for kumbaya must be met with their blood on the ground)
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To: Thibodeaux

From friction?, or being a mass at a lower temp than the air?


11 posted on 08/02/2017 5:23:04 PM PDT by Openurmind
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To: Openurmind

All right....which one of you republicans made the glaciers melt?


12 posted on 08/02/2017 5:25:24 PM PDT by digger48
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To: Thibodeaux

The glaciers covered so much ground that the production of oxygen from plants was reduced and CO2 remained in the atmosphere warming it eventually. The main carbon sink wasn’t there.


13 posted on 08/02/2017 5:28:28 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: pax_et_bonum

As water grows colder, its ability to hold carbon dioxide in solution INCREASES. Once water freezes, the carbon dioxide already in solution is, well, frozen in place.

Only when an external heat source is applied to the now frozen-down system, converting the solid form of ice to liquid water, does the water begin to give up its dissolved carbon dioxide, passing it into the atmosphere.

Carbon dioxide contributes VERY little to heat transference at any point of the phase change of ice to water to water vapor. But this phase change of water is a POWERFUL heat transfer system.


14 posted on 08/02/2017 5:30:57 PM PDT by alloysteel (The difference between Illinois and Venezuela, is that toilet tissue is still available in Illinois.)
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To: Openurmind

The climate change cult members are grasping at the most ridiculous straws to justify their position.

I sense they know the gravy train is pulling into the station only it’s not the destination they were hoping for.


15 posted on 08/02/2017 5:33:25 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Climate Change: The Imminent Crisis That Never Arrives and the gravy train that never ends.)
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To: JimSEA
More ice in glaciers means less water vapor in the air.
Water vapor is the REAL greenhouse gas.
16 posted on 08/02/2017 5:34:38 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: Mercat

So heat should freeze icebergs. Got it.


17 posted on 08/02/2017 5:35:44 PM PDT by SkyDancer (You know they invented wheelbarrows to teach FAA inspectors to walk on their hind legs.)
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To: Openurmind

I was thinking of this list of things that cause global warming:

www.numberwatch.co.uk/warmlist.htm

It’s entertaining. You can click on any item and read the newspaper article.


18 posted on 08/02/2017 5:39:53 PM PDT by j. earl carter
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To: Openurmind
The Greenhouse Theory Itself Is Bogus In Every Way

Global Warming is not due to human contribution of Carbon Dioxide - Global Warming: The Cold, Hard Facts? By Timothy Ball

No Smoking Hot Spot (The Australian)

The missing hotspot (JoNova)

Those two articles take Greenhouse Theory at face value and by the criterion set up in the theory itself finds no evidence of warming on the basis of greenhouse effect.

Sky-high hole blown in AGW theory?

"Forbes reports on a peer-reviewed study that uses NASA data to show that the effects of carbon-based warming have been significantly exaggerated. In fact, much of the heat goes out into space rather than stay trapped in the atmosphere, an outcome that started long before AGW alarmists predicted:"

That article explains why no Hot Spot has been found.

The Hidden Flaw in Greenhouse Theory

Falsification Of The Atmospheric CO2 Greenhouse Effects Within The Frame Of Physics

Harvard astrophysicist dismisses AGW theory, challenges peers to 'take back climate science'

It Is Impossible For A 100 ppm Increase In Atmospheric CO2 Concentration To Cause Global Warming

Simple Chemistry and the Real Greenhouse Effect.

Those five articles each show that Greenhouse Theory itself has no basis in reality due to a direct conflict with the known laws of physics. No wonder the smoking gun "hotspot" can't be found.

Claim That Sea Level Is Rising Is a Total Fraud

That article kills any thought of planetary warming from any cause. Think about it. If there is absolutely no sign of an acceleration of sea level rise how could the planet be warming? The rise in sea level in the last 100 years is far less than the average over the last 18,000 years caused by the inter-glacial period we are in.


19 posted on 08/02/2017 5:44:40 PM PDT by TigersEye (TTKTA)
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To: Openurmind

I thought it was Gore’s constant bloviating...


20 posted on 08/02/2017 5:45:36 PM PDT by richardtavor
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