Climate News from the science press

[Furcifer]

Thousands of years of arrested rotting.

Hence the methane, but I was unaware NOS was part of that.

Science is cool kids.

 

[BenBurch]

Hence the methane, but I was unaware NOS was part of that.

Science is cool kids.

Brief explanation in an abstract; http://sciencelinks.jp/j-east/article/200318/000020031803A0572079.php

 

[BenBurch]

Study: Northeast seeing more, fiercer rainstorms

http://pda.physorg.com/globalwarming-storms-warming_news189714163.html

(AP) -- The Northeast is seeing more frequent "extreme precipitation events" in line with global warming predictions, a study shows, including storms like the recent fierce rains whose floodwaters swallowed neighborhoods and businesses across New England.

The study does not link last week's devastating floods to its research but examined 60 years' worth of National Weather Service rainfall records in nine Northeastern states and found that storms that produce an inch or more of rain in a day - a threshold the recent storm far surpassed - are coming more frequently.

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The study's results are consistent with what could be expected in a world warmed by greenhouse gases, said UNH associate professor Cameron Wake. He acknowledged it would take more sophisticated studies to cement a warming link, though.

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[BenBurch]

Greenhouse gas emissions study under way by AgriLife Research

http://pda.physorg.com/feedyard-nitrousoxide-greenhousegas_news189704881.html

Texas AgriLife Research scientists in Amarillo are embarking on a new study amid recent concerns over greenhouse gas emissions from crop fertilization, tillage and feed yard operations.

Dr. Ken Casey, AgriLife Research air quality engineer, and Al Caramanica, a research chemist, have added a few new laboratory tools to help measure three greenhouse gases: nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide and methane.

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Nitrous oxide has approximately 310 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide, he said. It is produced as a part of the nitrogen cycle through the microbial processes of nitrification and denitrification, which are responsible for converting organic nitrogen in livestock manure and urine to inorganic forms that are absorbed and used by plants.

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[!Kaggen]

I thought I would place a link here to this thread about the world banks loan approval yesterday to the South African state-owned energy producer to build the worlds biggest coal power station.

 

[macdoc]

That sucks eh given the amount fo solar steam facilities that could be built...
wish the World Bank had funded more nuclear in SA but are we in a position to deny an emerging nation the same atmospheric sewage space we employed ourselves in the first world??

 

[BenBurch]

Studies agree on a 1 meter rise in sea levels

http://pda.physorg.com/sealevels-sea-rise_news190387986.html

New research from several international research groups, including the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen provides independent consensus that IPCC predictions of less than a half a meter rise in sea levels is around 3 times too low. The new estimates show that the sea will rise approximately 1 meter in the next 100 years in agreement with other recent studies. The results have been published in the scientific journal, Geophysical Research Letters.

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[BenBurch]

The age of Aquarius? Nope, it's the Anthropocene epoch

http://pda.physorg.com/human-history-planet_news190465818.html

In just two centuries, humans have wrought such vast and unprecedented changes to our world that we actually might be ushering in a new geological time period that could alter the planet for millions of years, according to a group of prominent scientists that includes a Nobel Laureate. They say the dawning of this new epoch could lead to the sixth largest mass extinction in the Earth's history. Their commentary appears in ACS' bi-weekly journal Environmental Science & Technology.

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[BenBurch]

In just two centuries, humans have wrought such vast and unprecedented changes to our

http://pda.physorg.com/northernhemisphere-degrees-average_news190402057.html

Spain has warmed at a faster rate than the rest of the northern hemisphere over the past three decades, according to a study prepared for the environment ministry that was published Tuesday.

The country has experienced average temperature increases of 0.5 degrees Celsius per decade since 1975, a rate that is "50 percent superior to the average of nations in the northern hemisphere", the study by the Spanish branch of the Clivar research network found.

The study predicts average temperatures in Spain will be 6.0 degrees Celsius higher in summer and between 2.0 and 3.0 degrees Celsius higher in winter by the end of the 21st century while rainfall will drop.

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[BenBurch]

Decades of research show massive Arctic ice cap is shrinking

http://pda.physorg.com/icecap-ice-arctic_news190291022.html

Close to 50 years of data show the Devon Island ice cap, one of the largest ice masses in the Canadian High Arctic, is thinning and shrinking.

A paper published in the March edition of Arctic, the journal of the University of Calgary's Arctic Institute of North America, reports that between 1961 and 1985, the ice cap grew in some years and shrank in others, resulting in an overall loss of mass. But that changed 1985 when scientists began to see a steady decline in ice volume and area each year.

"We've been seeing more mass loss since 1985," says Sarah Boon, lead author on the paper and a Geography Professor at the University of Lethbridge. The reason for the change? Warmer summers.

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[BenBurch]

Almost all Austrian glaciers shrank in 2009: report

http://pda.physorg.com/glaciers--_news190029017.html

Almost 90 percent of Austrian glaciers shrank in 2009, some by as much as 46 metres (150 feet), the Austrian Alpine Association (OeAV) said Friday.

In a report, the OeAV said 85 out of 96 glaciers had shrunk over the past year.

The biggest changes were seen in the Oetz valley in western Tyrol province, where three glaciers retreated by over 40 metres, and eight by over 20 metres.

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[BenBurch]

Scientists find errors in hypothesis linking solar flares to global temperature

http://www.physorg.com/news189845962.html

(PhysOrg.com) -- The field of climate science is nothing if not complex, where a host of variables interact with each other in intricate ways to produce various changes. Just like any other area of science, climate science is far from being fully understood. As an example, a new study has discredited a previous hypothesis suggesting the existence of a link between solar flares and changes in the earth’s global temperature. The new study points out a few errors in the previous analysis, and concludes that the solar and climate records have very different properties that do not support the hypothesis of a sun-climate complexity linking.

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[BenBurch]

Canada reports mildest winter on record

http://www.physorg.com/news188288743.html

Canada jumps into spring after having recorded the mildest and driest winter on record, Environment Canada reported Friday.

The agency, which has compiled data from 1948, determined the average temperature throughout the country was four degrees Celsius (seven degrees Fahrenheit) above normal, said meteorologist Andre Cantin.

Cantin said the country also saw 20 percent less precipitation than normal, also a record.
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[Poptech]

Climate Change and Its Causes, A Discussion About Some Key Issues

Climate Change and Its Causes, A Discussion About Some Key Issues (PDF)
(La Chimica e l'Industria, Volume 1, pp. 70-75, 2010)
- Nicola Scafetta, Ph.D. Climate Research Scientist, Duke University

This article discusses the limits of the Anthropogenic Global Warming Theory advocated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. A phenomenological theory of climate change based on the physical properties of the data themselves is proposed. At least 60% of the warming of the Earth observed since 1970 appears to be induced by natural cycles which are present in the solar system. A climatic stabilization or cooling until 2030-2040 is forecast by the phenomenological model.

Anyone who thinks GHG theory is "robust" needs to look at page 7,

The GHG warming theory is based on two independent chained theories. The first theory focuses on the warming effect of a given GHG such as CO2 as it can be experimentally tested. This first theory predicts that a CO2 doubling causes a global warming of about 1 degree C. The second theory, the climate positive feedback theory, attempts to calculate the overall climatic effect of a CO2 increase by assuming an enhanced warming effect due to secondary triggering of other climatic components. For example, it is supposed that an increase of CO2 causes an increase in water vapor concentration. Because H2O too is a GHG, the overall warming induced by an increase of CO2 would be due to the direct CO2 warming plus the indirect warming induced by the water vapor feedback responding to the CO2 increase. The problem with the climate positive feedback theory is that it cannot be directly tested in a lab experiment.

Hysteria averted!

Note: This is a peer-reviewed paper not discussed in any other thread here.

 

[little grey rabbit]

Hysteria averted!

Oh I hope not. Climate change believers are so cute when they are having kittens over tiny fluctuations in temperatures. And consider how harmless they are when all they are concerned about is this non-issue.

I shudder to think what harm could be done if all this combined neurotic energy was ever funneled towards some real political goal.

AGW keeps them out of mischief.

 

[Poptech]

I shudder to think what harm could be done if all this combined neurotic energy was ever funneled towards some real political goal.

Who is to say it is not one in the same?

 

[uk_dave]

So you both agree that warming is occurring?

 

[Poptech]

So you both agree that warming is occurring?

Yes there has been a relatively meaningless amount of warming since the end of the little ice age and no statistically significant warming in the last 15 years.

 

[a_unique_person]

Anyone who thinks GHG theory is "robust" needs to look at page 7,

Hysteria averted!

There is a lot of science that isn't done in the lab.

 

[BenBurch]

There is a lot of science that isn't done in the lab.

This OP is yet another Denialist lie - belongs in that other thread, and I have asked for it to be moved there.