Ice. Arctic ice. Melting away at an incredible rate or just a fiction. Satellite records, used in the past by the IPCC from 1973 but now only shown from 1979 show a rapidly decreasing ice pack with occasional large drops and some smaller large gains. What should the actual volume be in a world with … Continue reading ice and maths
My name is Elizabeth Lee. One of my husband’s favourite Aunt’s has asked me to do a small introduction today at the launch of yet another amazing book. So here is a part of her story, mainly an understanding of her, why she has chosen this story to tell is up to her. Vivienne Worthington, … Continue reading Viv W
angech says: October 9, 2018 at 9:54 am Children. 1. “Although CO2 absorbs thermal radiation from the Earth, it emits more. Carbon dioxide is in thermal deficit in terms of radiative balance.” No. CO2 is not the sun. It is not an energy production molecule. CO2 absorbs energy, from LW or from collisions. It … Continue reading yeah
angech says: Your comment is awaiting moderation. September 4, 2018 at 11:45 am “No-one is claiming that these are the types of questions that we could answer, or even why we’d want to.” – The question of the response time to a certain level of CO2 in the atmosphere is paramount or germane to a … Continue reading Crying wolf
an article on climate uncertainty and risk. The first issue with uncertainty and risk is with adequate, meaningful data. We do not have this at this stage. We need data covering at least 60 years * with reliable data collections of temperature air mass and composition. Ocean salinity, density, volume and understanding of both pressure … Continue reading an article on climate uncertainty and risk.
John Hartz says: May 4, 2018 at 6:44 pm “Back to basics: Climate Sensitvity (CS) is an index created to compare model runs. It is model output, not a model input.” Dave_Geologist says: April 27, 2018 at 2:43 pm ” Dessler’s point AFAICS is that if you take a suite of physics-based models, where you … Continue reading dm
angech says: Your comment is awaiting moderation. March 17, 2018 at 3:55 am ATTP, Michael TE et al “My understanding is that many people rely on meltwater from glaciers. Hence, if the glaciers disappear, there will be no more meltwater. I don’t think that one should assume that there will somehow be an equivalent … Continue reading Adaptive little corals
angech says: Your comment is awaiting moderation. January 5, 2018 at 4:40 am “how to frame anthropogenically-driven climate change. In particular, should it be framed as a wicked problem? A number of people involved in the discussion had a problem with this framing. One very simple reason was that if you consider the standard definition … Continue reading wicked
angech says: Your comment is awaiting moderation. November 12, 2017 at 10:56 am John Hartz “I believe that the Womens March on Washington will go down in history as the pivotal event for shifiting the momentum.” Really? “I was wondering where Liv Tyler has her hands to cause the expressions on the face of … Continue reading Anthropogenic Climate Change as an entity.
ATTP, This is a discussion of clouds precisely because they are a very important part of the climate puzzle. “Clearing Clouds of Uncertainty by Mark Zelinka, David Randall, Mark Webb and Steven Klein. Their commentary is really a summary of our recent understanding and – as illustrated by the figure on the right – they … Continue reading ATTP, This is a discussion of clouds