tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523187630006791166.post8105038679164158403..comments2024-03-26T17:03:03.877+00:00Comments on Climate Lessons: Standpoint: 'Global warming orthodoxy is not merely irrational. It is wicked.'JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08534451304039918947noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523187630006791166.post-23232992361090255032014-05-03T18:37:46.066+01:002014-05-03T18:37:46.066+01:00As long as you continue to harbor the false notion...As long as you continue to harbor the false notion that the only effect that the sun can have is its slight (approx. 0.1%) variation in brightness (TSI) you will never understand how sunspots drive climate change. <br /><br />The sunspot number time-integral describes the long-term warming trend since the depths of the Little Ice Age. The net of ocean cycles causes the surface temperature to oscillate above and below that long-term trend. The combination matches measured average global temperatures with 95% correlation. <br />Dan Pangburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07898549182266117774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523187630006791166.post-73759805630463459032014-05-02T20:16:06.810+01:002014-05-02T20:16:06.810+01:00From the "wicked" Scientific American:
...From the "wicked" Scientific American:<br /><br />Peter Foukal of the Massachusetts-based firm Heliophysics, Inc., who has tracked sunspot intensities from different spots around the globe dating back four centuries, also concludes that such solar disturbances have little or no impact on global warming. Nevertheless, he adds, most up-to-date climate models—including those used by the United Nations’ prestigious Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)—incorporate the effects of the sun’s variable degree of brightness in their overall calculations.<br /><br />Ironically, the only way to really find out if phenomena like sunspots and solar wind are playing a larger role in climate change than most scientists now believe would be to significantly reduce our carbon emissions. Only in the absence of that potential driver will researchers be able to tell for sure how much impact natural influences have on the Earth’s climate.jzfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11861058020932598173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523187630006791166.post-19049629544131191252014-05-02T20:11:00.512+01:002014-05-02T20:11:00.512+01:00It's the sun: Here is the claim about the sun...It's the sun: Here is the claim about the sun///<br /><br />"Over the past few hundred years, there has been a steady increase in the numbers of sunspots, at the time when the Earth has been getting warmer. The data suggests solar activity is influencing the global climate causing the world to get warmer." (BBC)<br /><br />Here are the facts which do not support the above claim:<br /><br />Over the last 35 years the sun has shown a slight cooling trend. However global temperatures have been increasing. Since the sun and climate are going in opposite directions scientists conclude the sun cannot be the cause of recent global warming.<br /><br />The only way to blame the sun for the current rise in temperatures is by cherry picking the data. This is done by showing only past periods when sun and climate move together and ignoring the last few decades when the two are moving in opposite directions. <br /><br />CO2 is a known greenhouse gas and the most likely candidate, as CO2 and warming correspond closely. We have increased it by 30-40% by the burning of fossil fuels. Effects are far beyond natural cycles. Mother Nature is telling us, "Feeling lucky, punk?"<br /><br />jzfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11861058020932598173noreply@blogger.com