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Post by jorgekafkazar on Feb 11, 2009 21:07:25 GMT
Must have been the CO² from all that incense they burned.
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Post by nautonnier on Feb 13, 2009 10:20:52 GMT
Socold You are misusing this section. This is meant to be for links to real papers that can be used as a learning exercise or as references or citations either on this board or in papers that people are writing. Putting in a 'crock of the week' as you call it degrades the value of the thread for others. By all means put in references to papers supporting anthropogenic influences on climate or papers on melting glaciers and CO 2 absorption or even serious news items and opinion pieces on the issues discussed on the board - you may convert some readers to your cause. There is plenty of drivel from all sides of the debate - it shouldn't clutter up the space here.
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Post by socold on Feb 14, 2009 18:17:12 GMT
There are a links to blog posts and media articles scattered throughout the thread, as well as at least two links to similar videos. None of these are papers and noone had any problem with them, including me. They are all presentations which are attempting to put across an argument.
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Post by socold on Feb 14, 2009 18:58:32 GMT
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Post by twawki on Feb 18, 2009 10:55:34 GMT
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Post by woodstove on Feb 21, 2009 15:16:03 GMT
I know that I always enjoy the anecdotal information that has appeared on this site from time to time. (Example: a weak cold front is passing through my part of Texas this morning, and it'll be a cool windy day afterward. Our winter has been dry and mild, for the most part, with about two weeks' worth, if you added up the days, of jacket weather.) I sure would love to get some (or all) of the insightful commenters from sc24.com to weigh in about whatever they like, weather included, over at www.talkingabouttheweather.comWould love to hear from some of the lurkers, too! And, btw, anecdotal information is welcome on any thread, at any time, by definition!
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Post by Pooh on Feb 23, 2009 21:59:46 GMT
Total Solar Irradiance LinksCurrent as of February 23, 2009. (204 KB pdf) Total Solar Irradiance (TSI) references for Global Warming and Weather Discussion :: What is Total Solar Irradiance (Really)? solarcycle24com.proboards106.com/index.cgi?board=globalwarming&action=display&thread=468 Find the pdf here: mysite.verizon.net/cache.22/TSI_Zotero_Report.pdfIt is best to open in a new tab. Not all links may work. The clue is that hovering the cursor over the link displays only part of the link. Specifically, a Zotero report printed by DeskPdf has problems with a link that include a line break. I have not been able to fix that.
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Post by william on Feb 27, 2009 3:43:25 GMT
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Post by SDJ on Feb 27, 2009 3:49:55 GMT
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Post by woodstove on Feb 27, 2009 13:38:51 GMT
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Post by socold on Feb 27, 2009 22:09:43 GMT
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Post by gettingchilly on Mar 1, 2009 16:10:05 GMT
Bog Oaks! Thats Oaks not Off. Farmers in the UK have been discovering unusual numbers of bog oaks, the remnants of ancient forests that have been buried for thousands of years. People in Haddenham say they have never seen so many bog oaks emerging. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7914178.stmAt the end of the last ice age, water levels were low and the fens were covered in dense forest. Then with rising sea levels as the ice melted, they were submerged. Now they are re-emerging as sea levels fall (as we enter the next ice age maybe ;-)
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Post by sigurdur on Mar 1, 2009 16:57:33 GMT
Intersting paper here
Journal of Geophysical Research 113: 10.1029/2007JA012989.
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Post by Pooh on Mar 5, 2009 6:57:45 GMT
I suggest that the following is an important paper, well worth your time. It has been published. Lindzen, Richard S. “Climate Science: Is it currently designed to answer questions?.” Analysis. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, September 19, 2008. arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/0809/0809.3762.pdfProgram in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate: Abstract:For a variety of inter-related cultural, organizational, and political reasons, progress in climate science and the actual solution of scientific problems in this field have moved at a much slower rate than would normally be possible. Not all these factors are unique to climate science, but the heavy influence of politics has served to amplify the role of the other factors. By cultural factors, I primarily refer to the change in the scientific paradigm from a dialectic opposition between theory and observation to an emphasis on simulation and observational programs. The latter serves to almost eliminate the dialectical focus of the former. Whereas the former had the potential for convergence, the latter is much less effective. The institutional factor has many components. One is the inordinate growth of administration in universities and the consequent increase in importance of grant overhead. This leads to an emphasis on large programs that never end. Another is the hierarchical nature of formal scientific organizations whereby a small executive council can speak on behalf of thousands of scientists as well as govern the distribution of ‘carrots and sticks’ whereby reputations are made and broken. The above factors are all amplified by the need for government funding. When an issue becomes a vital part of a political agenda, as is the case with climate, then the politically desired position becomes a goal rather than a consequence of scientific research. This paper will deal with the origin of the cultural changes and with specific examples of the operation and interaction of these factors. In particular, we will show how political bodies act to control scientific institutions, how scientists adjust both data and even theory to accommodate politically correct positions, and how opposition to these positions is disposed of. (The following brief outline is in my words, not Professor Lindzen’s.) The Introduction (pages 2 - 4) considers motivators in Science, particularly Climate Science. Gratitude, Fear and Funding are addressed. Politicization of Climate Science is considered next (pages 4 - 9). Several mechanisms are identified, including the growth of bureaucracies, professional societies headed by administrators (rather than scientists), some of whom have environmentalist credentials, and (in the case of NAS) a back door to membership and power. It traces the origin of RealClimate.org, the destruction of Wikipedia as a reliable source on climate and the political nature of the IPCC. Science as a servant of Politics is covered (pages 10 - 14). Examples include (perhaps legitimate) “corrections” of data, the effort to make the Medieval Warm Period go away, and the Hunt For The (Red) Hot Spot, the embarrassment of the Early Faint Sun Paradox (without an Ice Age), and the curious case of no paper in the literature that questioned AGW alarmism. Suppression of Inquiry (pages 14 - 20) includes the issues of the Hockey Stick, orbital variation, high tropical cirrus (Iris effect), negative feedback, and the correlation of temperature variation with magnetic field variation. Methods include pairing papers of contrary discovery with rebuttal without opportunity to respond to the rebuttal (“discreditation”), changing an authors opinion after his death, firing, ad hominem attacks, etc. The answer to the question raised by this paper’s title is “No”. The paper concludes by addressing the impacts of this result on society and science itself and a suggestion on what to do about it (pages 20 - 21). Illustrative appendices (pages 22 - 31) and bibliographic references (pages 31 - 36) follow the paper itself.
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Post by kiwistonewall on Mar 6, 2009 5:05:01 GMT
Dr Syun-Ichi AkasofuDr. Syun-Ichi Akasofu, IARC Founding Director and Professor of Physics, Emeritus, was the the director of the International Arctic Research Center of the University of Alaska Fairbanks from its establishment in 1998 until January of 2007 Notes on Climate change:people.iarc.uaf.edu/~sakasofu/climate.php
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