[PatrickHenry]

This -- if it proves out -- should throw the environmentalists into a tizzy.

[Moonman62]

However, the most potent greenhouse gas is water, explains Shaidurov

Hard to blame water vapor on Republicans, though I'm sure they'll try.

[Mike Darancette]

Shaidurov, however, suggests that the rise, which began between 1906 and 1909, could have had a very different cause, which he believes was the massive Tunguska Event, which rocked a remote part of Siberia, northwest of Lake Baikal on the 30th June 1908.

From what I understand the body that triggered the event entered the atmosphere at a very shallow angle, had it not blown up I have always wondered where it would have impacted (if at all).

[js1138]

That would make high altitude atomic explosions into climate changers. I think we've done a few of those.

[muir_redwoods]

"This -- if it proves out -- should throw the environmentalists into a tizzy."

"fraid not. They have been expert at avoiding the ample evidence to the contrary of their pet hypothesis for years and will continue to ignore this and any other evidence which won't force us to shiver in our huts with Prius' parked outside.

[onedoug]

...And plug all volcanoes!

[ahayes]

However, the most potent greenhouse gas is water, explains Shaidurov and it is this compound on which his study focuses. According to Shaidurov, only small changes in the atmospheric levels of water, in the form of vapour and ice crystals can contribute to significant changes to the temperature of the earth's surface, which far outweighs the effects of carbon dioxide and other gases released by human activities. Just a rise of 1% of water vapour could raise the global average temperature of Earth's surface more then 4 degrees Celsius.

It would be unwise to be too dogmatic about this. Water has a dual effect--it can raise the temperature by the greenhouse effect and the clouds formed can lower the temperature by increasing the earth's albedo and reflecting more incoming light back into space. He must have considered this in his calculations, but once again the coverage doesn't mention such an obvious detail!

[pogo101]

But I have been assured that Karl Rove Controls The Weather.

[aculeus]

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[editor-surveyor]

"This -- if it proves out -- should throw the environmentalists into a tizzy."

Or it could be their greatest empowerment: an excuswe to tax and control water.

[westmichman]

This is where I got the water vapor idea. Thought you might be interested. I was wrong, it's not water vapor but ice crystals that are the dirty little secret.
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