Glaciers may have helped warm Earth

Science Daily ^ | 7/31/17 | Science Daily

[beethovenfan]

So, if glaciers are warming the erf, must mean that the retreating glaciers is good nooz (?)

[Openurmind]

Fantastic references! Thank you!

[JimSEA]

Volcanos are a primary source of CO2 and unanswered by exposed mountains and algae or other plants you would get warming regardless of water which would still be in the atmosphere from sunlight on the ice. The low temps wouldn’t be as extreme as in Antarctica which is admittedly very dry.

[Openurmind]

Well... not if you go by their “reasoning” of carbon dioxide release from the glaciers. :)

[BitWielder1]

factually, glaciers are a heat sink. glaciers absorb heat

And they reflect sunlight.

[Chgogal]

Bookmark

[Openurmind]

So in this they are saying the friction of the glacier moving is creating the heat source to release it?

[TigersEye]

Glad to assist! ;-)

The “No Smoking Hot Spot” articles (2 links to same article, different web pages. It’s overkill so sue me, lol) is a real good one. Easy to understand and it totally smokes the Greenhouse Theory as a source of any warming. The theory itself negates greenhouse warming as occurring at this time.

The five links to physics-based articles get into more technical info but they’re still understandable to most laymen. The great thing about them is that all five are based on different premises so they are not simply different takes on the same point. All of them reduce the theory that CO2 is some great magical heat storage molecule to absurdity.

[henkster]

In college I bet a guy $5 that hot water freezes faster than cold because it has greater “cooling momentum.” When he was distracted, a friend switched the hot water tray with an identical one that was already frozen, and we split the winnings.

I’m guessing that the experience caused him to become a climate scientist.

[Openurmind]

I am going to go dig into them in a bit. Got to go give a diabetic dog her shot so she can eat dinner. :)

[Kenny500c]

The ice will reflect the heat from the sun back into space.

[Garth Tater]

The exposure of fresh, unweathered rock due to the movement of glaciers does increase the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere as the newly uncovered rocks are oxidized - but that's only one out of countless factors releasing and absorbing CO2 into and out of the environment. And it totally ignores the miniscule effect CO2 has on warming compared to water vapor. And even that is pretty much irrelevant to the discussion of global warming as long as they refuse to acknowledge the effect the sun has on the planet. You can make good money talking about it though if you have the right paperwork and say the right things.

[TigersEye]

Aww, poor doggy. But lucky to have you. Well, family first of course! :)

[Openurmind]

Thank you for explaining this! :)

[dhs12345]

A few years ago this might have been true Re an icebox. Modern fridges do the opposite.

[SkyDancer]

Just dallying is all.

[dhs12345]

Ya. Me too. :)

Few people know the meaning of icebox.

[SkyDancer]

Having grown up in a military family I would really like to respond to that; but I won’t.

[cpdiii]

Why does ice keep my fridge cold?

It does not. Freon and electricity does. If you live in Denver, most of the electricity came from coal. :)

[trebb]

Yep - many may have forgotten the kerosene refrigerators.