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By Kenneth Richard on 16. May 2022
Share this…FacebookTwitterA new study indicates nearly all the Northern Hemisphere and Tropical warming in the last 40 years occurred by the late 1990s. CO2 has risen by about 50 ppm since 1998 (367 to 418 ppm). Interestingly, upper-air measurements of temperature from balloon-borne sensor radiosonde data, shown below in the image from a new study […]
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By Kenneth Richard on 14. April 2022
Share this…FacebookTwitterIt takes 10 years and 22 ppm for CO2 to amass just 0.2 W/m² in total surface energy flux. In contrast, short-wave cloud radiative forcing fluctuations vary in amplitude by ±300 W/m² within hours. Earth’s surface energy imbalance is said to have been positive, +0.6 W/m², during the first decade of this century (Stephens […]
Posted in Cloud Climate Influence, CO2 and GHG |
By Kenneth Richard on 11. April 2022
Share this…FacebookTwitterThe ratio of the annual CO2 increase divided by the annual fossil fuel emission rate increase is referred to as the “airborne fraction.” It has long been assumed the airborne fraction should increase as fossil fuel emissions increase. But the opposite has happened. Scientists have expressed consternation that the airborne fraction of anthropogenic CO2 […]
Posted in CO2 and GHG, Models |
By Kenneth Richard on 4. April 2022
Share this…FacebookTwitterRecent reconstructions suggest CO2 concentrations may have ranged between 150 and 600 ppm (or more) throughout the last 4 million years. We routinely see screaming headlines such as CO2 in the Atmosphere Climbs to Highest Level in 4.5 Million Years or Carbon Dioxide Levels Reach Highest Point in Human History. However, these claims that […]
Posted in CO2 and GHG, Paleo-climatology |
By Kenneth Richard on 28. March 2022
Share this…FacebookTwitterA new study uses existing temperature and CO2 records and albedo/natural variability attribution to suggest most of the recent warming is natural. The climate sensitivity to CO2 forcing is just over 0.2°C for a 100 ppm concentration increase. Dr. Syun-Ichi Akasofu is an “expert in aurora physics, solar physics, geophysics, and magnetosphere” and the […]
Posted in Climate Sensitivity, CO2 and GHG, Natural Variability |
By Kenneth Richard on 14. March 2022
Share this…FacebookTwitter“The IPCC concept that increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere causes global warming is three decades out-of-date.” − Lightfoot and Ratzer (2022), Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences In analyzing UAH global temperature and Mauna Loa CO2 records from 1979 to 2021, climate researchers Lightfoot and Ratzer (2022) report there has been “little, if […]
Posted in Climate Sensitivity, CO2 and GHG, Cooling/Temperature, Solar Sciences |
By Kenneth Richard on 14. February 2022
Share this…FacebookTwitterIn 2021, several hundred more scientific papers were published that cast doubt on the position that anthropogenic CO2 emissions function as the climate’s fundamental control knob…or that otherwise serve to question the efficacy of climate models or the related “consensus” positions commonly endorsed by policymakers and mainstream media sources. These scientific papers affirm the […]
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By Kenneth Richard on 7. February 2022
Share this…FacebookTwitterScientists: Due to the decline in solar geomagnetic activity the Earth is poised to endure a cooling period over the coming decades, with the coldest temperatures arriving by 2038 or 2039 ±11 years. Human greenhouse gas emissions are not likely the cause of recent temperature changes; geomagnetic activity is. Nor will greenhouse gases reverse the […]
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By P Gosselin on 6. February 2022
Share this…FacebookTwitterThe earth’s history provides the solid proof that acquits CO2. The IPCC’s claim of CO2 being the dominant climate factor is a behemoth on clay feet. By Fred F. Mueller Have you ever had an uneasy feeling when watching the aggressive, intolerant stance of the apologists of “man-made climate catastrophe” against all critics? The […]
Posted in CO2 and GHG, Paleo-climatology |
By P Gosselin on 23. January 2022
Share this…FacebookTwitterAccording to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Coal 2021 report, coal-fired electricity generation reached an all-time high in 2021, increasing a whopping 9% in 2021. Chart source: IEA The increase was driven by the rapid economic recovery. Globally, a total of 10,350 terawatt-hours of electricity was generated from coal. Even worse in terms of […]
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By Kenneth Richard on 6. January 2022
Share this…FacebookTwitterAn observational assessment undermines claims that elevated CO2 levels are harmful to humans. Every year there are several papers published attempting to establish CO2 as a pollutant in indoor settings. This has likely served to scare people to regard elevated CO2 levels as dangerous – which is almost certainly the intent. For example, I […]
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By Kenneth Richard on 23. December 2021
Share this…FacebookTwitterThe net climate forcing from albedo changes can account for the increase in ocean heat content in recent decades. Scientists (Goode et al., 2021) have determined Earth’s albedo declined from 1998-2017, driving a +0.5 W/m² net increase in absorbed solar radiation, a positive energy imbalance. Image Source: Goode et al., 2021 The authors report […]
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