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Greenland’s Melting Ice Nears a ‘Tipping Point,’

WOW, I had no idea that such a small amount of dust could change albedo of the visible and near IR by that much!

There is no frequency term for albedo, emissivity, or absortivity. There is no frequency term in the Stefan-Boltzmann law either.
 
They don't give it enough merit, just like they don't give solar enough merit.

There's that arrogance again. In your wet dreams, you know more than thousands of phD scientists who have studied the issues all their lives.
 
UV light isn't being generated by the Earth. There is nothing to 'trap'. It is not possible to trap light. The Magick Bouncing Photon argument doesn't work.

What UV? Earth doesn't generate UV!

Well, no. Lightning, for instance, produces UV light.

UV is never converted to heat upon absorption. It converts to chemical reactions.

False. UV light can be absorbed and converted to heat just like any other wavelength of light.

Only by twits in the 'climate' division of NASA.

... I'm starting to think you should have become more familiar with my point before posting this.

Air temperature has nothing to do with ozone production, at least not until you get to a few thousand degrees.

Sorry, I should have said that colder temperature remove more ozone. I'll get into that in a later point in this post.

CFCs don't affect ozone. You can put them both in a common tank and nothing will happen.

Well, you might notice that the atmosphere is not a tank in a lab...

What CFC's? Did you know that cosmic rays occur EVERYWHERE ON EARTH?

Yes and no, cosmic rays are deflected and move along electromagnetic fields. The cosmic rays that do hit the earth at the proper angle are pulled along the electromagnetic flied and so are concentrated in the atmosphere at the polls where the field bends into the poll. That concentration of cosmic rays is what cause the auoras at the polls. The light is a byproduct of the chemical reactions caused by the cosmic ray bombardment.

Likewise, the amount of cosmic rays that hit earth changes dramatically with the solar cycles. The Earth is close enough to the sun that during the un's energetic cycles the Earth is inside the sun's magnetosphere, and so the Earth is protected from a lot of cosmic rays... during a low cycle, like we are entering into now, the Earth is outside the magnetosphere so the amount of cosmic rays increases significantly.

There is CO2 in Antarctica, just like everywhere else.

CO2 is not uniformly distributed around the globe, and is in lower concentrations in cold regions than it is in hot regions. Equatorial oceans vent CO2 as the water flowing from the north and south polls are warmed, and in the colder regions towards the polls the ocean is a net CO2 sink, where colder water has a higher capacity to absorb CO2 and so it does. Likewise, land areas have different CO2 generation, and the CO2 doesn't immediately spread across the globe.

It is not possible to measure the temperature of the Earth.

It is possible to make a fairly accurate map the atmospheric temperature using satellites. Before then, you are correct, the ability to measure the temperature of the earth was greatly reduced, and until the last 80 years or so there was practically zero coverage of the southern hemisphere.

Buzzword fallacy. What do you mean by 'solar effect'?

Maybe you should read the paper. :roll:

Argument from randU fallacy. CFC's do not affect either ozone or CO2.

Neither I or the paper made a claim about CFCs effecting CO2, but CFCs do effect Ozone. When UV hits a CFC it creates a chlorine molecule, the chlorine molecule breaks apart of O3 molecule. The reason that this happens so readily in the polar region is because the temperatures need to be below -78°C to create and maintain free chlorine molecules.

Mitigation of what? Void argument.

mitigation of global warming.
 
There is no frequency term for albedo, emissivity, or absortivity. There is no frequency term in the Stefan-Boltzmann law either.

Wow, you can't seem to make in-roads with your fellow Conservatives or Liberals. You may need to find another political party. Maybe we need another party that starts with the letter "W", like the old Whip Party. How about the Whacko Party?
 
Absolutely. Dust and soot definitely cause melting. I've said this before. The IPCC incorporates that into their criteria. Quaestio posted this IPCC graph earlier.

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Whilst that graph shows that they have considered the effect of dust and soot in terms of general forcing (to a very tiny amount) it does not show the effect of changes in surface albedo that then cause melting which uncovers a darker surface. The old positive feedback thing that the alarmists panic about.
 
There are no issues with CO2. We don't have an energy problem.
I don't really see an issue with CO2 ether, but we do have an energy problem.
Our energy problem is that we do not have enough stored energy in the ground,
to allow every person of earth to live a first world lifestyle if they choose to, for very long.
Ever if oil recharges itself, we would quickly exceed the recharge rate.
Solar power with energy storage, has the potential to allow everyone on the planet to
achieve a first world lifestyle if they choose to.
 
There is no frequency term for albedo, emissivity, or absortivity. There is no frequency term in the Stefan-Boltzmann law either.
Try this, find some snow on the ground, and scatter some ashes on top of 1 square foot, and no ashes on another square foot.
See which one melts faster.
 

It's just amazing - all these novice scientists that know more than thousands and thousands of the world's most acclaimed Climatologists.:roll:
 
When you're looking upward at the sea level, you'll know it quite well.

Been hearing that for 50 years. My boat still goes in at the same exact boat ramps...tide marks unchanged my entire life. Why were their predictions wrong?
 
Been hearing that for 50 years. My boat still goes in at the same exact boat ramps...tide marks unchanged my entire life. Why were their predictions wrong?

Sea level rise map.



The map shows an average of a 80mm rise since the mid '90s. That's 8 cm, which is a little over 3 inches. You probably wouldn't notice that on your boat dock - huh? However, we should all heed the warning. You can double that in 10 years, and quadruple it in 20 years, etc, etc... Then you look at a high tide, and all of a sudden the infrastructure isn't adequate, and the salt water flooding wreaks havoc, including contamination of the fresh water.

If some of these huge glaciers Arctic and Antarctic start breaking loose, that's when we would incur catastrophic, instantaneous sea level rise. Next thing, you'll be saying --- "More government, more government --- fix my dock, find my boat"...
 
There's that arrogance again. In your wet dreams, you know more than thousands of phD scientists who have studied the issues all their lives.

Science isn't a 'study' or a 'research'. It does not use consensus. It is a set of falsifiable theories.
 
Well, no. Lightning, for instance, produces UV light.
Unknown. No one has measured the spectrum of lightning. Electric arcs can produce UV light and so lightning is assume to produce it, but any that is produced is not trapped. You can't trap light.
False. UV light can be absorbed and converted to heat just like any other wavelength of light.
WRONG. UV light converts to chemical reactions upon absorption, not heating. See quantum physics.
Well, you might notice that the atmosphere is not a tank in a lab...
Irrelevant. CFC and ozone do not react.
Yes and no, cosmic rays are deflected and move along electromagnetic fields.
WRONG! There is no such thing as an 'electromagnetic field'.
and so are concentrated in the atmosphere at the polls where the field bends into the poll.
Are you confusing magnetic fields with electromagnetic energy?
That concentration of cosmic rays is what cause the auoras at the polls.
WRONG. The Auroras are caused by high energy ions and electrons in the solar wind striking the atmosphere. THESE particles are part of the solar wind, and ARE deflected by the magnetic field of Earth, being charged particles. These are not cosmic rays.
Likewise, the amount of cosmic rays that hit earth changes dramatically with the solar cycles.
WRONG. Cosmic rays have nothing to do with the Sun at all.
The Earth is close enough to the sun that during the un's energetic cycles the Earth is inside the sun's magnetosphere,
WRONG. If Earth were that close, we would essentially be almost INSIDE the Sun! We would be far closer than Mercury is.
and so the Earth is protected from a lot of cosmic rays...
WRONG. Cosmic rays are not affected by the solar wind or the magnetic fields of Earth.
during a low cycle, like we are entering into now, the Earth is outside the magnetosphere so the amount of cosmic rays increases significantly.
WRONG. Cosmic rays are relatively constant, regardless of solar activity.
CO2 is not uniformly distributed around the globe,
This part is correct. You got one right.
and is in lower concentrations in cold regions than it is in hot regions.
Sort of. Life itself can generate CO2, and that tends to warmer regions.
Equatorial oceans vent CO2 as the water flowing from the north and south polls are warmed,
WRONG. The ocean water is not saturated with CO2. Warmer ocean water does NOT need to vent 'excess' CO2 since the amount of CO2 dissolved in ocean water is nowhere near the saturation point.
and in the colder regions towards the polls the ocean is a net CO2 sink, where colder water has a higher capacity to absorb CO2 and so it does.
WRONG. No ocean water is anywhere near the saturation point of dissolved CO2.
Likewise, land areas have different CO2 generation, and the CO2 doesn't immediately spread across the globe.
This part is correct.
It is possible to make a fairly accurate map the atmospheric temperature using satellites.
WRONG. Satellites are incapable of measuring absolute temperature. They can only measure light. The emissivity of Earth is unknown.
Before then, you are correct, the ability to measure the temperature of the earth was greatly reduced, and until the last 80 years or so there was practically zero coverage of the southern hemisphere.
Still the problem today. There is no magick satellite that can read an absolute temperature.
Neither I or the paper made a claim about CFCs effecting CO2,
Yes you did.
but CFCs do effect Ozone.
You just did it again! WRONG! CFCs and ozone do NOT react.
When UV hits a CFC it creates a chlorine molecule, the chlorine molecule breaks apart of O3 molecule.
WRONG. Chlorine is a highly reactive gas. It reacts with something else long before it gets anywhere near the ozone layer. It is also denser than air. It tends to fall (just like CFCs do), rather than to rise into the ozone layer. Chlorine will usually react with hydrogen and water in the air.
The reason that this happens so readily in the polar region is because the temperatures need to be below -78°C to create and maintain free chlorine molecules.
WRONG. No one is using R-12 refrigerant at the poles. No need to, you see. No CFC's or chlorine.
 
Wow, you can't seem to make in-roads with your fellow Conservatives or Liberals. You may need to find another political party. Maybe we need another party that starts with the letter "W", like the old Whip Party. How about the Whacko Party?

Science is not a political party.
 
I don't really see an issue with CO2 ether,
Yes you do. You've stated it several times.
but we do have an energy problem.
No, we don't. We produce all the energy people are willing to pay for.
Our energy problem is that we do not have enough stored energy in the ground,
There is plenty and to spare.
to allow every person of earth to live a first world lifestyle if they choose to, for very long.
Define 'first world', 'second world', 'third world', or any other number 'world' and how they have anything to do with lifestyles.
Ever if oil recharges itself, we would quickly exceed the recharge rate.
Nope. The conditions to make more oil takes only hours. No matter where you drill on Earth, if you drill deep enough, you WILL find oil. Oil tends to come closest to the surface near the edges of tectonic plates, especially where spreading action is taking place.
Solar power with energy storage, has the potential to allow everyone on the planet to
achieve a first world lifestyle if they choose to.
Piddle power. All of the solar energy panels combined in any State doesn't equal even a tenth of a single oil, coal, hydroelectric, or nuclear power plant produces. It's expensive too.

If solar power is ever going to survive as power source, it MUST be able to do so without government subsidies and be cheaper than producing the same energy using a different method. Remember, you have to include maintenance costs as well in both cases.

I don't condone the arrogance of using terms like 'first world', or 'third world'. All nations are different with different people and different cultures. Who is to say one has 'progressed' more than another? The whole concept of 'progress' is a misnomer.
 
Try this, find some snow on the ground, and scatter some ashes on top of 1 square foot, and no ashes on another square foot.
See which one melts faster.

About the same here. That normally happens in any snowmelt during the spring.
 
It's just amazing - all these novice scientists that know more than thousands and thousands of the world's most acclaimed Climatologists.:roll:

A 'climatologist' isn't a scientist. They deny science and mathematics.
 
When you're looking upward at the sea level, you'll know it quite well.

The sea level at any coastal city has seen any remarkable changes from 1975 to now.

It is not possible to measure the global sea level. There is no reference point. Greenland ice isn't significantly melting.
 

This is not a map. It's a chart. It is random numbers. It is not possible to measure the global sea level. There is no reference point.

The Artic ice is floating. Melting it would not change the sea level at all. Most of the Antarctic is floating. Melting it would not change the see level at all. Neither is melting.
 
So many flat earthers it seems in the USA, not one argument to disprove man having a big effect on global warming, every argument by the deniers is easily debunked.
 
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