NASA Declares Carbon Dioxide Is Greening The Earth

Infowars ^ | 04/26/19 | Mike Adams

[palmer]

I just glanced at the face before the video even started. I’ve seen him before and that guy is completely wrong. The CO2 rise is indeed manmade and as the article points out, it is a good thing. Not just what the article says but what other posters have pointed out: without manmade CO2 the earth was in CO2 starvation with a threat to most life during the next glaciation.

[cuban leaf]

CO2 is not a “coolant”.

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Oh contrare. :)

https://coldclimatechange.com/carbon-dioxide-is-a-cooling-gas-according-to-nasa/

https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/eb032448

[DoughtyOne]

Thank you for the interesting informative post.

[GOPJ]

President Trump should take credit for making the world green again.

Jobs everywhere, California drought over, NASA putting out a few rational statements, and the planet turning lush again... THANK YOU PRESIDENT TRUMP...

[daniel1212]

From a quarter to half of Earth’s vegetated lands has shown significant greening over the last 35 years largely due to rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change on April 25. An international team of 32 authors from 24 institutions in eight countries led the effort, which involved using satellite data from NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer instruments to help determine the leaf area index, or amount of leaf cover, over the planet’s vegetated regions. The greening represents an increase in leaves on plants and trees equivalent in area to two times the continental United States.

This image shows the change in leaf area across the globe from 1982-2015. Credits: Boston University/R. Myneni

https://youtu.be/zOwHT8yS1XI

Every year, about half of the 10 billion tons of carbon emitted into the atmosphere from human activities remains temporarily stored, in about equal parts, in the oceans and plants. “While our study did not address the connection between greening and carbon storage in plants, other studies have reported an increasing carbon sink on land since the 1980s, which is entirely consistent with the idea of a greening Earth,” said co-author Shilong Piao of the College of Urban and Environmental Sciences at Peking University. - https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/carbon-dioxide-fertilization-greening-earth

[palmer]

"Carbon dioxide and nitric oxide are natural thermostats," explains James Russell of Hampton University, SABER's principal investigator. "When the upper atmosphere (or 'thermosphere') heats up, these molecules try as hard as they can to shed that heat back into space. For the three-day period, March 8th through 10th, the thermosphere absorbed 26 billion kWh of energy. Infrared radiation from CO2 and NO, the two most efficient coolants in the thermosphere, re-radiated 95% of that total back into space. The majority of it has been sent back into space by the action of CO2 and NO."

The site is out-of-date with "real world" data only to 2012. Then pointing out that there are fewer stations reaching 90 degreeas is no controversial. The 1930's were warmer in the US. Otherwise before the quote above, the discussion is an irrelevant mishmash.

But what they are referring to in the quote above is the thermoshpere. Nobody disputes cooling of the stratosphere and higher layers from increases in greenhouse gases. That's never been controversial. But that doesn't make CO2 a coolant execpt above the troposphere.

What the article is missing, besides a coherent and relevant argument, is the fact that models do not support catastrophic warming with increased CO2. Solar-modulated water vapor is the main climate driver.

[cuban leaf]

Actually, we are in complete agreement. I just like to use the argument about the troposphere as just another chink in the armor of the AGW folks. I also agree with everything else you said.

From my perspective, the whole AGW thing is about convincing people that we need “them” to control everyone’s CO2 output. And once we give them that power, we give them power over every aspect of our lives because virtually all human activity produces CO2.

[Alas Babylon!]

What produces the Nitrogen ?

From plate tectonics! Click the link:

Nitrogen speciation in upper mantle fluids and the origin of Earth's nitrogen-rich atmosphere

[palmer]

Yes, I call it tyranny of the model. The models are crap and actually getting worse (even more biased). But the power mongers will use the models to price and control everthing. The solution is directly from the song I.G.Y. which says in part “A just machine to make big decisions. Programmed by fellows with compassion and vision” Fagan was being sarcastic but some people seem to have missed the sarcasm.