5 Surprising Scientific Facts about Earth’s Climate

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The following is from an article published in the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) website. It's basically saying that all the hoopla surrounding the Climate Change issue is mostly crap, which IMHO is primarily the result of political and financial benefit to those who are pushing the almost hysteria.

All of this is not to say that we shouldn't be aware of and take steps to ensure our air and water is as clean as it should be. But to suggest that we're all going to die in 10 years is nothing less than total BULLSHIT. There are other ways to spend our taxdollars than on GND projects that do virtually nothing to reduce GW but will enrich political donors and/or support the Democratic Party. In short, it's a con job brought to us by the Left. If they can't persuade you to vote for them, they will try to scare you instead.

1. Climate Has Always Changed—Always
All proxy temperature data sets reveal that there have been cyclical changes in climate in the past 10,000 years. There is not a single climate scientist who denies this well-established fact. It doesn’t matter what your position on the causes and magnitude and danger (or not) of current climate change is—you have to be on board on this one. Climate has always changed. And it has changed in both directions, hot and cold. Until at least the 17th century, all these changes occurred when almost all humans were hunters, gatherers, and farmers.

2. Temperature Increase in the Past Was Not Caused by Humans
Industrialization did not happen until the 17th century. Therefore, no prior changes in climate were driven by human emissions of carbon dioxide. In the last 2,000 years alone, global temperatures rose at least twice (around the 1st and 10th centuries) to levels very similar to today’s, and neither of those warm periods were caused by humans.

3. The Arctic and Antarctic Are Doing Better than Ever!
Yes, you read that right. The 10,000-year Holocene paleoclimatology records reveal that both the Arctic and Antarctic are in some of their healthiest states. The only better period for the poles was the 17th century, during the Little Ice Age, when the ice mass levels were higher than today’s. For the larger part of the past 10,000 years, the ice mass levels were lower than today’s. Despite huge losses in recent decades, ice mass levels are at or near their historic highs.

4. Polar Bears and Other Species Are Not Dying But Flourishing!
If you paid attention to the previous fact, then the following one is not hard to understand. Polar bears—often used as a symbol of climate doomsday—are one of the key species in the Arctic. Contrary to the hype surrounding their extinction fear, the population numbers have actually increased in the past two decades.

Last year, the Canadian government considered increasing polar bear killing quotas as their increasing numbers posed a threat to the Inuit communities living in the Nunavut area.

The increase in population size flies in the face of those who continue to claim otherwise in the popular news media. And it is not just the polar bears in the Arctic. Other critical species elsewhere, like tigers, are also making a comeback.

5. Carbon Dioxide Is Not a Temperature Control Knob
While most of the current climatologists who collaborate with the United Nations believe anthropogenic CO2 emissions have exacerbated natural warming in recent decades, there is no empirical proof to support their claim. The only way to test it would be to wait and see if their assumptions come true.

The entire climate fraternity was in for a surprise when global temperature between 2000 and 2016 failed to rise as anticipated by the climate alarmists. The scientists assumed that rising CO2 emissions from human activity would result in a rapid rise in temperature, but they didn’t.

This proved that atmospheric CO2 concentrations are not the primary factor controlling global temperature. Consideration of a much longer period (10,000 or more years) suggests that CO2 had no significant role to play in temperature increases. CO2 never was the temperature control knob.


5 Surprising Scientific Facts about Earth’s Climate | Vijay Jayaraj
 
We have been telling these stupid deranged Moon Bats those things for years but they don't want to hear them.

The religion of these stupid Moon Bats is AGW and they are dumbass true believers.
 
The following is from an article published in the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) website. It's basically saying that all the hoopla surrounding the Climate Change issue is mostly crap, which IMHO is primarily the result of political and financial benefit to those who are pushing the almost hysteria.

All of this is not to say that we shouldn't be aware of and take steps to ensure our air and water is as clean as it should be. But to suggest that we're all going to die in 10 years is nothing less than total BULLSHIT. There are other ways to spend our taxdollars than on GND projects that do virtually nothing to reduce GW but will enrich political donors and/or support the Democratic Party. In short, it's a con job brought to us by the Left. If they can't persuade you to vote for them, they will try to scare you instead.

1. Climate Has Always Changed—Always
All proxy temperature data sets reveal that there have been cyclical changes in climate in the past 10,000 years. There is not a single climate scientist who denies this well-established fact. It doesn’t matter what your position on the causes and magnitude and danger (or not) of current climate change is—you have to be on board on this one. Climate has always changed. And it has changed in both directions, hot and cold. Until at least the 17th century, all these changes occurred when almost all humans were hunters, gatherers, and farmers.
The Earth's climate changes as forcing factors direct it to change. For the last 150 years, the primary forcing factor causing the observed warming has been greenhouse warming acting on human GHG emissions.

2. Temperature Increase in the Past Was Not Caused by Humans
Industrialization did not happen until the 17th century. Therefore, no prior changes in climate were driven by human emissions of carbon dioxide. In the last 2,000 years alone, global temperatures rose at least twice (around the 1st and 10th centuries) to levels very similar to today’s, and neither of those warm periods were caused by humans.
The temperature increase of the past 150 years HAS been caused by humans.

3. The Arctic and Antarctic Are Doing Better than Ever!
Yes, you read that right. The 10,000-year Holocene paleoclimatology records reveal that both the Arctic and Antarctic are in some of their healthiest states. The only better period for the poles was the 17th century, during the Little Ice Age, when the ice mass levels were higher than today’s. For the larger part of the past 10,000 years, the ice mass levels were lower than today’s. Despite huge losses in recent decades, ice mass levels are at or near their historic highs.
Better in what way? Both are melting and growing more unstable, leading to increased albedo and rising sea levels.
4. Polar Bears and Other Species Are Not Dying But Flourishing!
If you paid attention to the previous fact, then the following one is not hard to understand. Polar bears—often used as a symbol of climate doomsday—are one of the key species in the Arctic. Contrary to the hype surrounding their extinction fear, the population numbers have actually increased in the past two decades.

Last year, the Canadian government considered increasing polar bear killing quotas as their increasing numbers posed a threat to the Inuit communities living in the Nunavut area.

The increase in population size flies in the face of those who continue to claim otherwise in the popular news media. And it is not just the polar bears in the Arctic. Other critical species elsewhere, like tigers, are also making a comeback.
The ice pack required for the health of the Earth's polar bear and walrus populations is disappearing. Both species - and other - are at risk.

5. Carbon Dioxide Is Not a Temperature Control Knob
While most of the current climatologists who collaborate with the United Nations believe anthropogenic CO2 emissions have exacerbated natural warming in recent decades, there is no empirical proof to support their claim. The only way to test it would be to wait and see if their assumptions come true.

The entire climate fraternity was in for a surprise when global temperature between 2000 and 2016 failed to rise as anticipated by the climate alarmists. The scientists assumed that rising CO2 emissions from human activity would result in a rapid rise in temperature, but they didn’t.

This proved that atmospheric CO2 concentrations are not the primary factor controlling global temperature. Consideration of a much longer period (10,000 or more years) suggests that CO2 had no significant role to play in temperature increases. CO2 never was the temperature control knob.
This comment is out of date. Global temperatures between 200o and 2016 HAVE risen and continue to rise. Atmospheric CO2 is still the primary forcing factor increasing global temperatures and sea level rise.

The comments here fit perfectly into any description of "pseudo science". AGW is real; it is supported by absolute mountains of evidence. That warming is a threat to the well being of humanity. That denying this requires bullshit like you see above is no surprise since there is nothing else left with which to challenge the facts of the matter.
 
The Earth's climate changes as forcing factors direct it to change. For the last 150 years, the primary forcing factor causing the observed warming has been greenhouse warming acting on human GHG emissions.


The temperature increase of the past 150 years HAS been caused by humans.


Better in what way? Both are melting and growing more unstable, leading to increased albedo and rising sea levels.

The ice pack required for the health of the Earth's polar bear and walrus populations is disappearing. Both species - and other - are at risk.


This comment is out of date. Global temperatures between 200o and 2016 HAVE risen and continue to rise. Atmospheric CO2 is still the primary forcing factor increasing global temperatures and sea level rise.


The comments here fit perfectly into any description of "pseudo science". AGW is real; it is supported by absolute mountains of evidence. That warming is a threat to the well being of humanity. That denying this requires bullshit like you see above is no surprise since there is nothing else left with which to challenge the facts of the matter.
CO2 is a minor greenhouse gas and has never been shown to drive the climate of the earth. The earth's landmass distribution and TSI drive the climate of the earth.
 
The comments here fit perfectly into any description of "pseudo science". AGW is real; it is supported by absolute mountains of evidence. That warming is a threat to the well being of humanity. That denying this requires bullshit like you see above is no surprise since there is nothing else left with which to challenge the facts of the matter.

Where is the mountains of evidence concerning the numerical relationship between CO2 concentration and temperature? ... [giggle] ... you still don't know what albedo is, do you? ... like a house cat, nearly impossible to teach you anything ...
 
The Earth's climate changes as forcing factors direct it to change. For the last 150 years, the primary forcing factor causing the observed warming has been greenhouse warming acting on human GHG emissions.


The temperature increase of the past 150 years HAS been caused by humans.


Better in what way? Both are melting and growing more unstable, leading to increased albedo and rising sea levels.

The ice pack required for the health of the Earth's polar bear and walrus populations is disappearing. Both species - and other - are at risk.


This comment is out of date. Global temperatures between 200o and 2016 HAVE risen and continue to rise. Atmospheric CO2 is still the primary forcing factor increasing global temperatures and sea level rise.


The comments here fit perfectly into any description of "pseudo science". AGW is real; it is supported by absolute mountains of evidence. That warming is a threat to the well being of humanity. That denying this requires bullshit like you see above is no surprise since there is nothing else left with which to challenge the facts of the matter.

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Can you use your vast scientific knowledge to explain how, if human activity drives CO2, why did a Global economic shutdown have absolutely no impact on CO2? It's as if mankind has no impact whatsoever on CO2
 
 
Climate alarmist REPEATEDLY state that Polar Bear population has dropped 40%.
40 percent!!!.... MY GOD!!!

However the fact is Polar Bear populations have been slowly rising for the past 10 years.
So... are climate alarmist simply lying??
Yes and No.
They get the 40% drop number from one small section of Northeast Alaska where their numbers have indeed fell.
But use that number dishonestly and consistently without mentioning it is only from one area.
 
Where is the mountains of evidence concerning the numerical relationship between CO2 concentration and temperature? ... [giggle] ... you still don't know what albedo is, do you? ... like a house cat, nearly impossible to teach you anything ...
Kind of fucking dumb.

Hansen et al. 1981​

Hansen, J., D. Johnson, A. Lacis, S. Lebedeff, P. Lee, D. Rind, and G. Russell, 1981: Climate impact of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide. Science, 213, 957-966, doi:10.1126/science.213.4511.957.

The global temperature rose 0.2°C between the middle 1960s and 1980, yielding a warming of 0.4°C in the past century. This temperature increase is consistent with the calculated effect due to measured increases of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Variations of volcanic aerosols and possibly solar luminosity appear to be primary causes of observed fluctuations about the mean trend of increasing temperature. It is shown that the anthropogenic carbon dioxide warming should emerge from the noise level of natural climate variability by the end of the century, and there is a high probability of warming in the 1980s. Potential effects on climate in the 21st century include the creation of drought-prone regions in North America and central Asia as part of a shifting of climatic zones, erosion of the West Antarctic ice sheet with a consequent worldwide rise in sea level, and opening of the fabled Northwest Passage.

 
Kind of fucking dumb.

Hansen et al. 1981​

Hansen, J., D. Johnson, A. Lacis, S. Lebedeff, P. Lee, D. Rind, and G. Russell, 1981: Climate impact of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide. Science, 213, 957-966, doi:10.1126/science.213.4511.957.

The global temperature rose 0.2°C between the middle 1960s and 1980, yielding a warming of 0.4°C in the past century. This temperature increase is consistent with the calculated effect due to measured increases of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Variations of volcanic aerosols and possibly solar luminosity appear to be primary causes of observed fluctuations about the mean trend of increasing temperature. It is shown that the anthropogenic carbon dioxide warming should emerge from the noise level of natural climate variability by the end of the century, and there is a high probability of warming in the 1980s. Potential effects on climate in the 21st century include the creation of drought-prone regions in North America and central Asia as part of a shifting of climatic zones, erosion of the West Antarctic ice sheet with a consequent worldwide rise in sea level, and opening of the fabled Northwest Passage.


Which equation? ... did you read the paper, or just skim through the summary? ... seriously, the paper uses SB (equation 2) ... where does Hansen et al make the connection between the graybody emissivity factor with carbon dioxide? ... page and paragraph please ...
 

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