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 Post subject: Re: ClimateGate reveals 'questionable scientific practices'
PostPosted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:27 pm 
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Climate ‘Scientists’ Proven Wrong By Science-Again
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Gee, you mean the “science is settled” crowd was wrong? Who would have thunk it? Actually, they have yet to be right and to generally acknowledge that there are natural historical variations in temperature.

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(Reuters) – Scientists are struggling to explain a slowdown in climate change that has exposed gaps in their understanding and defies a rise in global greenhouse gas emissions.

Often focused on century-long trends, most climate models failed to predict that the temperature rise would slow, starting around 2000. Scientists are now intent on figuring out the causes and determining whether the respite will be brief or a more lasting phenomenon.

Getting this right is essential for the short and long-term planning of governments and businesses ranging from energy to construction, from agriculture to insurance. Many scientists say they expect a revival of warming in coming years.

Theories for the pause include that deep oceans have taken up more heat with the result that the surface is cooler than expected, that industrial pollution in Asia or clouds are blocking the sun, or that greenhouse gases trap less heat than previously believed.

The change may be a result of an observed decline in heat-trapping water vapor in the high atmosphere, for unknown reasons. It could be a combination of factors or some as yet unknown natural variations, scientists say.

Weak economic growth and the pause in warming is undermining governments’ willingness to make a rapid billion-dollar shift from fossil fuels. Almost 200 governments have agreed to work out a plan by the end of 2015 to combat global warming.

“The climate system is not quite so simple as people thought,” said Bjorn Lomborg, a Danish statistician and author of “The Skeptical Environmentalist” who estimates that moderate warming will be beneficial for crop growth and human health.

Some experts say their trust in climate science has declined because of the many uncertainties. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) had to correct a 2007 report that exaggerated the pace of melt of the Himalayan glaciers and wrongly said they could all vanish by 2035.

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 Post subject: Re: ClimateGate reveals 'questionable scientific practices'
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Goracle Hyperventilates: We Have Only 3 Years “To Avert A Major Catastrophe That Could Send Our Entire Planet’s Climate System Into A Tailspin Of Epic Destruction”
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He’s been making these doom and gloom predictions for well over a decade and not a single one has come true.

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‘‘Humanity is sitting on a time bomb. If the vast majority of the world’s scientists are right, we have just 10 years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet’s climate system into a tail-spin of epic destruction . . .”

This quote, spoken by Al Gore in his movie, “An Inconvenient Truth,” embodies the fear that is driving the modern environmental movement.

Producers and consumers search endlessly for “green” items, such as reusable bags, energy efficient cars, and sustainable foods, all in the hope of protecting the planet from the harmful byproducts of civilization. However, in a society where the desire for wealth and industry often takes priority over environmental conservation, living an eco-friendly lifestyle proves difficult.

Senior Chis Wynkoop is one of many students who has developed an active interest in preservation and the environment.

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 Post subject: Re: ClimateGate reveals 'questionable scientific practices'
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Gee, you mean the “science is settled” crowd was wrong? Who would have thunk it?


Nope, afraid not. What it really comes down to is that denialist morons are too stupid to simply connect the dots.

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Why is Reuters puzzled by global warming's acceleration?

'Climate scientists struggle to explain warming slowdown,' said Reuters. But warming is speeding up, and scientists can explain it
The rate of heat building up on Earth over the past decade is equivalent to detonating about 4 Hiroshima atomic bombs per second. Take a moment to visualize 4 atomic bomb detonations happening every single second. That's the global warming that we're frequently told isn't happening.

There are periods when the ocean heats up more quickly than the surface, and other periods when the surface heats up more quickly than the oceans. Right now we're in a period of fast ocean warming and overall, global warming is continuing at a very fast pace.

The confusion on this subject lies in the fact that only about 2 percent of global warming is used in heating air, whereas about 90 percent of global warming goes into heating the oceans (the rest heats ice and land masses). But humans live at the Earth's surface, and thus we tend to focus on surface temperatures. Over the past 10–15 years, Earth's surface temperature has continued to rise, but slowly. At the same time, the warming of the oceans – and the warming of the Earth as a whole – has accelerated.

This was the conclusion of a scientific paper I co-authored last year, in which our team found more overall global warming (of the oceans, air, land, and ice combined) over the past 15 years than during the prior 15 years. Just recently, another paper published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters found that the warming of the oceans since the turn of the century has been the most sustained in the past 50 years. They also found that, consistent with my team's research, about 30% of overall global warming has gone into the deep oceans below 700 meters due to changing wind patterns and ocean currents. This accelerated deep ocean warming is also unprecedented in the past 50 years.

We often hear from the media that the (surface air) warming has slowed or paused over the past 15 years. This isn't a puzzle; climate scientists are well aware of several contributing factors, as a recent Reuters article – "Climate scientists struggle to explain warming slowdown" – eventually discussed. The accelerated warming of the oceans is likely the main contributor.

During years with La Niña events, more heat is transferred to the oceans, and surface temperatures are relatively cool as a result. The opposite is true during El Niño years. During the 1990s, there were more El Niño than La Niña events, which resulted in more surface air warming. One of the strongest El Niño events of the century happened in 1998, which not coincidentally was 15 years ago.

When people say 'no warming in 15 years', they're cherry picking the timeframe to begin in an abnormally hot year. It's like arguing that your car must have broken down because it hasn't moved in the 15 seconds while you've been stopped at a red light. The argument selects a short timeframe that's not representative of the whole.

Since 2000, there has been a preponderance of La Niña events, which has acted to temporarily bury more global warming in the oceans. A new study published in Nature Climate Change found that by taking into account the short-term changes caused by factors like El Niño and La Niña cycles, they could accurately forecast the slowed warming at the surface several years in advance. The paper concluded,


"Our results hence point at the key role of the ocean heat uptake in the recent warming slowdown."

Reuters did not talk to the authors of this study, or ask any other climate scientists about this surface warming slowdown that they're supposed to be puzzled about. Actually that's not quite true. Just a week earlier, Reuters interviewed the lead author of that paper in an article with the headline "Oceans may explain slowdown in climate change". The article noted,



"Experts in France and Spain said on Sunday that the oceans took up more warmth from the air around 2000. That would help explain the slowdown in surface warming but would also suggest that the pause may be only temporary and brief."

Reuters didn't connect the dots between these two articles, telling us one week that oceans help explain the surface warming slowdown, and the next week claiming the slowdown is puzzling climate scientists. However, these 'slowdowns' happen on a regular basis. You can find one every 5 to 10 years in the surface temperature data, as illustrated in a graphic I created nicknamed 'The Escalator'.
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 Post subject: Re: ClimateGate reveals 'questionable scientific practices'
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There's no such thing. This is all about taxing us and redistributing our wealth. Not to mention Goldman Sachs, Obama, Gore and their buddies will profit too! Wake TF up! :smt003

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 Post subject: Re: ClimateGate reveals 'questionable scientific practices'
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There's no such thing

That's right, if leading climate scientists like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity say so, it's got to be true.
Oh wait....too funny, 'Koch-Funded Study Finds 'Global Warming Is Real', LOL :mrgreen:
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Climate study, funded in part by conservative group, confirms global warming

The latest global warming results confirm those from earlier, independent studies by scientists at NASA and elsewhere that came under fire from skeptics in an episode known as 'climategate.'
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 Post subject: Re: ClimateGate reveals 'questionable scientific practices'
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Save your propaganda for someone else. Don't want to talk about Obama and his buddies profiting off it all.... :smt005 :mrgreen: :smt006

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 Post subject: Re: ClimateGate reveals 'questionable scientific practices'
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 Post subject: Re: ClimateGate reveals 'questionable scientific practices'
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This according to the same intellectual giants who claim "The Holocaust Began With Gun Control."

Further proof why conservatives are the most ignorant and stupid creatures on the planet.

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 Post subject: Re: ClimateGate reveals 'questionable scientific practices'
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Save your propaganda for someone else. Don't want to talk about Obama and his buddies profiting off it all.... :smt005 :mrgreen: :smt006

Ah yes, you're right.
Your buddies, Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Chevron and ConocoPhillips are not making any profit at all.

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House Dems Warn Global Warming Could Drive Women To “Transactional Sex”
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Bill Clinton last seen rubbing his hands in eager anticipation.

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Several House Democrats are calling on Congress to recognize that climate change is hurting women more than men, and could even drive poor women to “transactional sex,” where sex is exchanged for goods women need to survive.

The resolution, from Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and a dozen other Democrats, says the results of climate change include drought and reduced agricultural output. It says these changes can have particularly bad impacts on women.

“Flood insecure women with limited socioeconomic resources may be vulnerable to situations such as sex work, transactional sex, and early marriage that put them at risk for HIV, STIs, unplanned pregnancy, and poor reproductive health,” it says.

Climate change could also add “workload and stresses” on women farmers, which the resolution says produce 60 to 80 percent of the food in developing countries.

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 Post subject: Re: ClimateGate reveals 'questionable scientific practices'
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edge540 wrote:
comedian wrote:
Save your propaganda for someone else. Don't want to talk about Obama and his buddies profiting off it all.... :smt005 :mrgreen: :smt006

Ah yes, you're right.
Your buddies, Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Chevron and ConocoPhillips are not making any profit at all.


That right, I'm right. Your boy Obama doesn't seem to care they're profiting...why should you..idiot... :smt006

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 Post subject: Re: ClimateGate reveals 'questionable scientific practices'
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comedian wrote:
edge540 wrote:
comedian wrote:
Save your propaganda for someone else. Don't want to talk about Obama and his buddies profiting off it all.... :smt005 :mrgreen: :smt006

Ah yes, you're right.
Your buddies, Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Chevron and ConocoPhillips are not making any profit at all.


That right, I'm right. Your boy Obama doesn't seem to care they're profiting...why should you..idiot... :smt006


No, you're stupid, you vote republican. Idiot.

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Senators Who Voted To Protect Oil Tax Breaks Received $23,582,500 From Big Oil

In a 51-47 vote, 43 Senate Republicans and four Democrats filibustered to protect $24 billion in tax breaks for Big Oil. Although a majority voted for Sen. Robert Menendez’s (D-NJ) bill, it fell short of the 60 needed. The only two Republicans to break rank were Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and retiring Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME).

A Think Progress Green analysis shows how oil and gas companies have funneled cash to the same senators who protected its handouts:

– The 47 senators voting against the bill have received $23,582,500 in career contributions from oil and gas. The 51 senators voting to repeal oil tax breaks have received $5,873,600.

– The senators who voted for Big Oil’s handouts received on average over four times as much career oil cash as those who voted to end them.

– Overall, Senate Republicans have taken $23.2 million in oil and gas contributions. Democrats received $6.66 million.

– Since 2011, Senate Republicans have voted seven times for pro-Big Oil interests and against clean energy three times.

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Dear idiot...I do not always vote for republicans!

IF it doesn't bother Obama that oil companies will profit from cap and trade..WHY DOES IT BOTHER YOU...idiot... :smt005 :smt006

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Dear idiot...I do not always vote for republicans!

Please name any democrate you voted for.
You're the conservative idiot who voted for the republican assholes who voted in favor of big oil, Richard Lugar and Dan Coats.

Cap and trade does not exist, moron.

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democrate

Idiot.

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