Posted on 01/02/2014 8:17:49 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Scientists say the world’s climate is warming faster than feared because previous predictions were too “optimistic” and overestimated the cooling impact of clouds.
As the planet marked its fourth hottest year on record, a study published in the journal Nature found increasing levels of carbon dioxide will lead to thinner ocean clouds and reduce their cooling impact, causing temperature rises of at least 5.6F (3C) over the course of the century.
The team of scientists said the findings show some climate models have been too “optimistic” and previous estimates of a minimum temperature rise of only 2.7F (1.5C) could now be discounted. The optimistic models did not properly assess the impact of water evaporation, which sometimes rises only a short distance into the atmosphere and causes updraughts that reduce cloud cover, the study found.
”These models have been predicting a lower climate sensitivity but we believe they’re incorrect,” Professor Steven Sherwood, from the University of New South Wales, told The Sydney Morning Herald.
”The net effect of [climate change] is you have less cloud cover.”
The study comes amid a controversy in Australia over claims by Maurice Newman, Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s top business adviser, who said the world had been taken “hostage to climate change madness”.
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LOL “scientists”!
Yeah, tell THAT to the idiots currently stuck in THE ICE in Antarctica.
Oh, irony....how I love thee.
I see the AGW crowd has gone from Lie Hard to Lie Harder.
Insufferable a-holes just won’t give this garbage up...I swear, if we were to ever get into a shooting war, I’d go after these hacks...they’re just as dangerous as activist judges, envirowhackos and commies.
Just keep sending the paychecks to these scientists....along with a note as to what you want for the results.
There is fear alright, fear by scientists that the global warming hoax is coming to an end, and with it their government grants.
until Palm Reading is thoroughly repudiated and outlawed...these global warmest types will continue to try sell their wares ..
Still making it up as they go. Increased water evaporation into the atmosphere results in less clouds? Yeah, sure. Next they'll be telling us that Obama is a good leader.
There’s one sure way to tell if they are inventing this or not. Make a bet: The world pays them $1 billion if they are correct (pick a day and temperature in the future) or they get the death penalty if they are wrong (the future date can only be 10 years or less in the future).
See if they are willing to step up . . .
Reporting from the deck of the Akademik Shokalskiy...
Scientist. You keep saying that word. I do not think it means, what you think it means. - Inigo Montoya
Scientists are from Venus
Much of nation headed for a deep-freeze.
Now they are just making up stuff to say.
...keep those checks rolling in!
or more accurately:
“I will be asserting my Fifth Amendment privilege this morning,”
Which of the UK papers has all their pensions tied up in Green Energy? Was it the Guardian.
There is fear alright, fear by scientists that the global warming hoax is coming to an end, and with it their government grants.
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And their professional reputations.
crickets.
And Lie Hard 3 and Lie Hard 4 - the last two with Joe Peschi perhaps?
Oh, wait….wrong series...
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