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I have been under the weather with whooping cough (pertussis) since before Christmas. I strongly recommend that if you are over 50 and have not been vaccinated for whooping cough, you get it at your next doctor visit. I have had the flu several times and the flu doesn't have anything on whooping cough if you are over 50.
i haven't really felt like talking to the warmist idiots on the board (you know who you are) but have watched the steady flow of peer reviewed material contradicting alarmist claims. It just keeps getting worse and worse for acoloytes of the church of AGW.
New Paper Finds Another Amplification Mechanism by Which the Sun Controls Climate
A new paper published in the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics finds more evidence of solar amplification mechanisms by which the Sun controls climate change. According to the authors, changes in solar activity affect cosmic rays [Svensmark et al] and the distribution of solar energy between different layers of the atmosphere [stratosphere and troposphere]. This then results in third order effects upon natural atmospheric oscillations such as the Southern Oscillation, North Atlantic Oscillation, Scandinavian Pattern, and the Quasi Biennial Oscillation (QBO). These atmospheric oscillations in turn have global effects upon climate change.
New paper finds glaciers have been melting at the same rate since 1850, no acceleration predicted
A paper published today in The Cryosphere finds global glaciers melted at the same rate in the first half of the 20th century as in the second half. This implies no man-made influence on glacier melt, since the melting began naturally at the end of the Little Ice Age in 1850 with "safe" CO2 levels, and continued at the same rate throughout the 20th century with no acceleration. The authors predict glacier mass loss will continue at the same rate in the 21st century and have "relatively weak dependence" on future greenhouse gas emissions.
71 new papers reported in 2013 demonstrating the sun controls climate, not manmade CO2
Club du Soleil has compiled a listing of new papers published during 2013 demonstrating that the Sun controls climate, not man-made CO2. Visit Club du Soleil for many more published in 2012 and earlier.
New computer model claims that global warming decreases cloudsl
A new paper published in Nature claims global warming reduces low clouds, the opposite of what has been claimed in the past. For example, the forthcoming IPCC AR5 notes climate models have predicted that in a warmer climate, increased evaporation will increase low cloud thickness, vertical, and horizontal extent, all of which increases reflection of sunlight [albedo], cools the planet, and acts as a negative feedback.
New paper finds globe was warmer, sea levels rose faster and higher during the last interglacial
A paper published today in the Journal of Quaternary Science notes that during the last interglacial, "global temperatures were 2 °C higher and rates of sea-level rise [greater than 5.6mm/year], leading to sea levels 6.69.4 meters [22 to 31 feet] higher than present. The source(s) of this sea-level rise remain fiercely debated."
Thus, during the last interglacial, the globe was naturally 2 °C warmer, sea levels rose 5 times faster than at the present, sea levels were up to 31 feet higher than the present, and Antarctic sea ice was much less than the present, all with "safe" levels of CO2. There is no evidence that climate change within the present interglacial is any different, unprecedented, unnatural, unusual, or due to man-made CO2.
New paper finds Antarctica had much less sea ice during last interglacial
A paper published today in Climate of the Past finds Antarctic sea ice extent was much less than the present during the last interglacial period ~120,000 years ago. According to the authors, "During the last interglacial, the [sea ice proxy at 2 sites in Antarctica] are only half of the Holocene levels, in line with higher temperatures during that period, indicating much reduced sea ice extent in the Atlantic as well as the Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean."
Prior research has also shown that Antarctic sea ice has markedly increased over past 7000 years since the Holocene Climate Optimum, when temperatures were significantly higher than the present.
Paper fnds solar activity explains climate change over the past 200,000 years
A paper published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters finds solar activity was strongly correlated to climate change over the past 200,000 years. The paper reconstructs solar geomagnetic field strength using the 10Be isotope proxy of cosmic rays, which is inversely related to solar activity. The reconstruction in Figure 2 shows solar activity at the end of the record ["near present day"] was at some of the highest levels of the past 200,000 years, and solar geomagnetic field intensity approximately 3 times higher than during the ice age ~180,000 years ago.
Figure 4 below shows the strong correlation between solar activity [grey and black] and the climate change proxy [d18O in red] over the past 200,000 years. According to the author, "The marine δ18O [temperature proxy] record and solar modulation are strongly correlated at the 100,000 year timescale. It is proposed that variations in solar activity control the 100,000 year glacialinterglacial cycles."
New paper finds the Gulf Stream has not slowed down, contradicts alarmist's claims
A new paper published in Geophysical Research Letters finds "In contrast to recent claims of a Gulf Stream slow-down, two decades of directly measured velocity across the current show no evidence of a decrease." The paper contradicts claims by the IPCC that the Gulf Stream has slowed down due to global warming and alleged secondary climate effects.
New paper finds Arctic sea ice is controlled by natural cycles
A paper published today in Geophysical Research Letters finds Arctic sea ice extent is determined primarily by the natural ~60-90 year cycle of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation [AMO], not greenhouse gases.
According to the authors, "Arctic sea ice is intrinsically linked to Atlantic multidecadal [natural] variability" finding a ~60-90 year cycle of "Covariability between sea ice and Atlantic multidecadal variability as represented by the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) index is evident during the instrumental record."
The paper adds to many other peer-reviewed publications finding changes in Arctic sea ice are primarily related to natural variability of ocean and atmospheric oscillations, storm and wind activity, and not changes in greenhouse gases.
New paper finds corals thriving in 'naturally acidified' waters
A paper published today in Geophysical Research Letters finds coral reefs are thriving in "naturally acidified" waters in Palau, one of the top diving destinations in the world.
According to the authors, "we report the existence of highly diverse, coral-dominated reef communities under chronically low pH and aragonite saturation state...where acidification levels approach those projected for the western tropical Pacific open ocean by 2100. Nevertheless, coral diversity, cover and calcification rates are maintained [normal] across this natural acidification gradient."
New paper finds rivers and lakes are large net sources of CO2 to the atmosphere
A new paper published in Nature finds inland waters such as rivers and lakes are large annual net sources of CO2 to the atmosphere. The authors find inland waters contribute 2.1 Petagrams/yr of CO2 to the atmosphere, which is much larger than previously thought and equivalent to 35% of man-made CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuels of 6 Petagrams/yr.
New paper finds the South China Sea is a net source of CO2 to the atmosphere
A paper published today in Biogeosciences finds the South China Sea is a net annual source of CO2 to the atmosphere. The findings oppose the commonly held assumption that oceans serve as a net sink for CO2, and add to several other recent peer-reviewed papers finding the oceans can act as net annual sources of CO2, and which demonstrate many prior assumptions of the global carbon cycle may be highly erroneous.
Based upon 14 field surveys conducted between 2003-2008, the authors find "The estimate of annual seaair CO2 fluxes showed that most areas of the South China Sea proper served as weak to moderate sources of the atmospheric CO2." " Overall the four [regions of the South China Sea] contributed (18 ± 10) × 1012 g C yr−1 to the atmospheric CO2."
New paper finds ocean crustaceans not affected by CO2 levels 8 times higher than the present
A new paper published in Biogeosciences finds copepods [a crustacean] were not affected by "CO2 acidified" seawater at CO2 levels of 3300 ppm, which is more than 8 times higher than the present. According to the authors, "Following the 28-day exposure period, survival was found to be unaffected by exposure to 3300 ppm CO2" and "Together, the findings indicate that apCO2 level ≤2000 ppm (the highest CO2 level expected by the year 2300) will probably not directly affect survival in C. finmarchicus."
Hansen's NASA GISS data confirm the Arctic was warmer 1920-1940 and cooled 1940 - 2000
A 2005 paper published in the ICES Journal of Marine Science shows NASA GISS data demonstrating that 20th century Arctic temperatures peaked between 1920 to 1940, followed by a decline over the remainder of the 20th century. According to the authors,
"From approximately 1920 to 1940, North Atlantic Waters from Greenland to Norway warmed significantly, by as much as 34°C (Tåning, 1948). Although the causes of this event are not well understood, there is no doubt of its authenticity or widespread occurrence in temperature records (Figure 7)." and "a major warming event in Icelandic and Greenland waters between 1920 and 1940 was extensively documented (e.g. Sæmundsson, 1932; Ahlmann, 1948; Lysgaard, 1948)."
New paper how natural ocean oscillations control clouds and temperature thousands of miles away
A new paper published in Climate Dynamics finds a mechanism by which the natural North Atlantic Oscillation [NAO] controls atmospheric waves that affect cloud formation, which in turn controls surface temperatures and crop yields in far-away NE China [over 8,000 miles from the Atlantic].
Climate alarmists simplistically claim warming increases water vapor in the atmosphere and clouds, and erroneously claim that clouds have a positive feedback effect to cause more warming. However, this new paper finds stronger cold surges increase cloud formation, and that those clouds have a cooling and moderating effect on temperatures:
"stronger cold surges can accordingly increase cloud amount, resulting in an a decrease in daily maximum temperature and an increase in daily minimum temperature, thereby leading to a decrease in the daily temperature range." [and vice-versa as shown below]
New paper confirms that the sun was particularly active during the latter 20th century
A paper published today in Annales Geophysicae reconstructs solar geomagnetic activity over the past 167 years and shows a decrease of the interplanetary magnetic field [IMF, an indicator of solar activity] from 1846 to the first part of the 20th century, followed by increase of approximately 50% in the IMF over the twentieth century. The new paper corroborates author M. Lockwood's prior peer-reviewed publications demonstrating that the Sun was particularly active in the latter 20th century.
And it just goes on and on. So let the wailing and gnashing of teeth begin.
i haven't really felt like talking to the warmist idiots on the board (you know who you are) but have watched the steady flow of peer reviewed material contradicting alarmist claims. It just keeps getting worse and worse for acoloytes of the church of AGW.
New Paper Finds Another Amplification Mechanism by Which the Sun Controls Climate
A new paper published in the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics finds more evidence of solar amplification mechanisms by which the Sun controls climate change. According to the authors, changes in solar activity affect cosmic rays [Svensmark et al] and the distribution of solar energy between different layers of the atmosphere [stratosphere and troposphere]. This then results in third order effects upon natural atmospheric oscillations such as the Southern Oscillation, North Atlantic Oscillation, Scandinavian Pattern, and the Quasi Biennial Oscillation (QBO). These atmospheric oscillations in turn have global effects upon climate change.
New paper finds glaciers have been melting at the same rate since 1850, no acceleration predicted
A paper published today in The Cryosphere finds global glaciers melted at the same rate in the first half of the 20th century as in the second half. This implies no man-made influence on glacier melt, since the melting began naturally at the end of the Little Ice Age in 1850 with "safe" CO2 levels, and continued at the same rate throughout the 20th century with no acceleration. The authors predict glacier mass loss will continue at the same rate in the 21st century and have "relatively weak dependence" on future greenhouse gas emissions.
71 new papers reported in 2013 demonstrating the sun controls climate, not manmade CO2
Club du Soleil has compiled a listing of new papers published during 2013 demonstrating that the Sun controls climate, not man-made CO2. Visit Club du Soleil for many more published in 2012 and earlier.
New computer model claims that global warming decreases cloudsl
A new paper published in Nature claims global warming reduces low clouds, the opposite of what has been claimed in the past. For example, the forthcoming IPCC AR5 notes climate models have predicted that in a warmer climate, increased evaporation will increase low cloud thickness, vertical, and horizontal extent, all of which increases reflection of sunlight [albedo], cools the planet, and acts as a negative feedback.
New paper finds globe was warmer, sea levels rose faster and higher during the last interglacial
A paper published today in the Journal of Quaternary Science notes that during the last interglacial, "global temperatures were 2 °C higher and rates of sea-level rise [greater than 5.6mm/year], leading to sea levels 6.69.4 meters [22 to 31 feet] higher than present. The source(s) of this sea-level rise remain fiercely debated."
Thus, during the last interglacial, the globe was naturally 2 °C warmer, sea levels rose 5 times faster than at the present, sea levels were up to 31 feet higher than the present, and Antarctic sea ice was much less than the present, all with "safe" levels of CO2. There is no evidence that climate change within the present interglacial is any different, unprecedented, unnatural, unusual, or due to man-made CO2.
New paper finds Antarctica had much less sea ice during last interglacial
A paper published today in Climate of the Past finds Antarctic sea ice extent was much less than the present during the last interglacial period ~120,000 years ago. According to the authors, "During the last interglacial, the [sea ice proxy at 2 sites in Antarctica] are only half of the Holocene levels, in line with higher temperatures during that period, indicating much reduced sea ice extent in the Atlantic as well as the Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean."
Prior research has also shown that Antarctic sea ice has markedly increased over past 7000 years since the Holocene Climate Optimum, when temperatures were significantly higher than the present.
Paper fnds solar activity explains climate change over the past 200,000 years
A paper published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters finds solar activity was strongly correlated to climate change over the past 200,000 years. The paper reconstructs solar geomagnetic field strength using the 10Be isotope proxy of cosmic rays, which is inversely related to solar activity. The reconstruction in Figure 2 shows solar activity at the end of the record ["near present day"] was at some of the highest levels of the past 200,000 years, and solar geomagnetic field intensity approximately 3 times higher than during the ice age ~180,000 years ago.
Figure 4 below shows the strong correlation between solar activity [grey and black] and the climate change proxy [d18O in red] over the past 200,000 years. According to the author, "The marine δ18O [temperature proxy] record and solar modulation are strongly correlated at the 100,000 year timescale. It is proposed that variations in solar activity control the 100,000 year glacialinterglacial cycles."
New paper finds the Gulf Stream has not slowed down, contradicts alarmist's claims
A new paper published in Geophysical Research Letters finds "In contrast to recent claims of a Gulf Stream slow-down, two decades of directly measured velocity across the current show no evidence of a decrease." The paper contradicts claims by the IPCC that the Gulf Stream has slowed down due to global warming and alleged secondary climate effects.
New paper finds Arctic sea ice is controlled by natural cycles
A paper published today in Geophysical Research Letters finds Arctic sea ice extent is determined primarily by the natural ~60-90 year cycle of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation [AMO], not greenhouse gases.
According to the authors, "Arctic sea ice is intrinsically linked to Atlantic multidecadal [natural] variability" finding a ~60-90 year cycle of "Covariability between sea ice and Atlantic multidecadal variability as represented by the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) index is evident during the instrumental record."
The paper adds to many other peer-reviewed publications finding changes in Arctic sea ice are primarily related to natural variability of ocean and atmospheric oscillations, storm and wind activity, and not changes in greenhouse gases.
New paper finds corals thriving in 'naturally acidified' waters
A paper published today in Geophysical Research Letters finds coral reefs are thriving in "naturally acidified" waters in Palau, one of the top diving destinations in the world.
According to the authors, "we report the existence of highly diverse, coral-dominated reef communities under chronically low pH and aragonite saturation state...where acidification levels approach those projected for the western tropical Pacific open ocean by 2100. Nevertheless, coral diversity, cover and calcification rates are maintained [normal] across this natural acidification gradient."
New paper finds rivers and lakes are large net sources of CO2 to the atmosphere
A new paper published in Nature finds inland waters such as rivers and lakes are large annual net sources of CO2 to the atmosphere. The authors find inland waters contribute 2.1 Petagrams/yr of CO2 to the atmosphere, which is much larger than previously thought and equivalent to 35% of man-made CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuels of 6 Petagrams/yr.
New paper finds the South China Sea is a net source of CO2 to the atmosphere
A paper published today in Biogeosciences finds the South China Sea is a net annual source of CO2 to the atmosphere. The findings oppose the commonly held assumption that oceans serve as a net sink for CO2, and add to several other recent peer-reviewed papers finding the oceans can act as net annual sources of CO2, and which demonstrate many prior assumptions of the global carbon cycle may be highly erroneous.
Based upon 14 field surveys conducted between 2003-2008, the authors find "The estimate of annual seaair CO2 fluxes showed that most areas of the South China Sea proper served as weak to moderate sources of the atmospheric CO2." " Overall the four [regions of the South China Sea] contributed (18 ± 10) × 1012 g C yr−1 to the atmospheric CO2."
New paper finds ocean crustaceans not affected by CO2 levels 8 times higher than the present
A new paper published in Biogeosciences finds copepods [a crustacean] were not affected by "CO2 acidified" seawater at CO2 levels of 3300 ppm, which is more than 8 times higher than the present. According to the authors, "Following the 28-day exposure period, survival was found to be unaffected by exposure to 3300 ppm CO2" and "Together, the findings indicate that apCO2 level ≤2000 ppm (the highest CO2 level expected by the year 2300) will probably not directly affect survival in C. finmarchicus."
Hansen's NASA GISS data confirm the Arctic was warmer 1920-1940 and cooled 1940 - 2000
A 2005 paper published in the ICES Journal of Marine Science shows NASA GISS data demonstrating that 20th century Arctic temperatures peaked between 1920 to 1940, followed by a decline over the remainder of the 20th century. According to the authors,
"From approximately 1920 to 1940, North Atlantic Waters from Greenland to Norway warmed significantly, by as much as 34°C (Tåning, 1948). Although the causes of this event are not well understood, there is no doubt of its authenticity or widespread occurrence in temperature records (Figure 7)." and "a major warming event in Icelandic and Greenland waters between 1920 and 1940 was extensively documented (e.g. Sæmundsson, 1932; Ahlmann, 1948; Lysgaard, 1948)."
New paper how natural ocean oscillations control clouds and temperature thousands of miles away
A new paper published in Climate Dynamics finds a mechanism by which the natural North Atlantic Oscillation [NAO] controls atmospheric waves that affect cloud formation, which in turn controls surface temperatures and crop yields in far-away NE China [over 8,000 miles from the Atlantic].
Climate alarmists simplistically claim warming increases water vapor in the atmosphere and clouds, and erroneously claim that clouds have a positive feedback effect to cause more warming. However, this new paper finds stronger cold surges increase cloud formation, and that those clouds have a cooling and moderating effect on temperatures:
"stronger cold surges can accordingly increase cloud amount, resulting in an a decrease in daily maximum temperature and an increase in daily minimum temperature, thereby leading to a decrease in the daily temperature range." [and vice-versa as shown below]
New paper confirms that the sun was particularly active during the latter 20th century
A paper published today in Annales Geophysicae reconstructs solar geomagnetic activity over the past 167 years and shows a decrease of the interplanetary magnetic field [IMF, an indicator of solar activity] from 1846 to the first part of the 20th century, followed by increase of approximately 50% in the IMF over the twentieth century. The new paper corroborates author M. Lockwood's prior peer-reviewed publications demonstrating that the Sun was particularly active in the latter 20th century.
And it just goes on and on. So let the wailing and gnashing of teeth begin.
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