Posted on 02/25/2019 7:49:34 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The non-warming of the climate has become a topic much discussed since about 2005. John Christy has testified to Congress about the "gap" between IPCC climate models, which are based on steadily increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 and observations of atmospheric temperatures, measured by both satellites and radiosondes, 1978-2015 (see Christy fig. below).
There have been many attempts to explain this discrepancy, ranging from a flat denial that such a gap exists (Tom Karl, Science, 2015, pp. 1,469-1,472, doi: 10.1126/science.aaa5632) to attempts to account for the "missing incoming energy." For example, Kevin Trenberth has proposed that the missing energy, instead of warming the atmosphere, "hides" in the deep ocean, to be released later.
Based on all the foregoing discussion, of the log-dependence of CO2 forcing (Myhre et al., GRL, 1998, vol. 25, doi: org/10.1029/98GLO1908) and its possible climate-cooling effect, I have a simpler hypothesis on the ineffectiveness of CO2 in warming the climate. I realize that this explanation is unacceptable to the IPCC and to many climate-warming advocates. I believe that the "gap," now 40 years long, according to Christy, has existed throughout the Industrial Revolution — and probably during the whole of the Holocene. In other words, I consider that the "pause" may be permanent.
I also believe that the gap will continue to grow in the future and demonstrate a convincing empirical argument supporting my explanation — namely, that CO2 no longer affects the climate, except perhaps at the slow level of its log-dependence.
This log-dependence has to be modified (1) by CO2 cooling of the climate and (2) by possible positive feedback from water vapor, as assumed by the IPCC.
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Global Warming is nothing more than Pollution with US Taxpayers paying to get rid of it. Want to really tweak a climate alarmist? Tell him by planting more trees the CO2 will get converted to Oxygen. They cannot handle that.
RE: Sun. Absolutely!
Nobody can tell you what the ideal temperature of the Earth should be. We only have had satellites measuring the atmosphere since the 70s. Between then and now is a sneeze for the Earth. You can not make long term observations of a chaotic, multivariable complex system on such a short term and predict the future. At all. All of the land based weather measurements only go back as far as the late 1700s. And how accurate are they? The error bars are probably more than what the models say we should warm in the next 100 years. Most of the weather stations are in the Northern Hemisphere, in the USA and Europe. What about 70% of the Earth that is covered by water with no weather stations. What about most of the Southern Hemisphere or Asia?
The simple fact that temperature and CO2 do not track should blow AGW theory out of the water.
Globalism was a wonderfully successful redistribution plan, but its about run its course. Climate Change is their new redistribution vehicle.
CO2 is NOT pollution.
If everyone who thought it was pollution would stop exhaling it, we could solve this problem overnight.
You missed some zeroes. CO2 is 400 parts per MILLION.
In the early 1800’s 60 million buffalo roamed the Great Plains. They generated even more methane than our current domestic cattle do. You thing cow farts are bad? Try sniffing a buffalo fart
“CO2 is NOT pollution”
Clarification here. I am not inferring that CO2 is pollution. What I wanted to convey is that if the thought is that rising CO2 levels are hurting the planet, just plant more trees. That will fix it.
If CO2 was really a heat trapping gas, it would also work equally as well doing the opposite by not letting heat in in the first place. If it can prevent it from escaping, it can also prevent from entering. Hence, net zero effect.
Instead of going to the extreme of which you mentioned, why not just Kiss Al Gore, John Kerry & various & assorted other climate change kooks goodbye ?
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