Top 10 Climate Myth-Busters for 2007 - Steve Milloy
Steve Milloy gives us the Top 10 Global Warming Myths for 2007 in this Fox News article,
1. Cracked crystal balls. Observed temperature changes over past 30 years do not match IPCC predictions.
2. The big yellow ball in the sky. The sun is a major contributor of changes in temperature experienced in the 1990s.
3. Pre-SUV warming. Globally averaged temperature 1,000 years ago was about 0.3 degrees Celsius warmer than the current temperature.
4. A disciplined climate. Positive feedback loops causing ever increasing heating have been shown to be inaccurate.
5. A gnarly wipeout. A decrease in artic circulation observed in 2005 was well within historical variations.
6. A pollution solution. Solid particles suspended in the atmosphere (called “aerosols”) that make up “brown clouds” may actually contribute to warmer not cooler temperatures.
7. Lazy temperature? Researchers reported that the rate of manmade carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions was three times greater during 2000 to 2004 than during the 1990s. However, this activity isn’t having any sort of discernible or proportionate impact on global temperatures
8. Don’t plant that tree! While tropical forests exert a cooling influence on global climate, forests in northern regions exert a significant warming influence on climate.
9. The Tropical Arctic. During a period of intense global warming 55 million years ago -- when the Arctic Ocean was as warm as 73 degrees Fahrenheit -- there was a tremendous release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. However the release was after the warming.
10. Much ado about nothing. If we adopt all IPCC recommendation vice if we do nothing, will will only have a 0.17C effect on temperature. Doing nothing is free, doing everything costs trillions and trillions of dollars.
All of these obsevations and conclusions are based off of real observations which can be repeated empirically in experiments and not Hollywood fantasy movies loaded with special effects.
Full a full read of the myths with several linked references to scientific findings, click here. One will note, this article has dozens upon dozens of references validating their accuracy and correctness unlike many other articles that make wild claims but do not provide the facts behind the claims.
1. Cracked crystal balls. Observed temperature changes over past 30 years do not match IPCC predictions.
2. The big yellow ball in the sky. The sun is a major contributor of changes in temperature experienced in the 1990s.
3. Pre-SUV warming. Globally averaged temperature 1,000 years ago was about 0.3 degrees Celsius warmer than the current temperature.
4. A disciplined climate. Positive feedback loops causing ever increasing heating have been shown to be inaccurate.
5. A gnarly wipeout. A decrease in artic circulation observed in 2005 was well within historical variations.
6. A pollution solution. Solid particles suspended in the atmosphere (called “aerosols”) that make up “brown clouds” may actually contribute to warmer not cooler temperatures.
7. Lazy temperature? Researchers reported that the rate of manmade carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions was three times greater during 2000 to 2004 than during the 1990s. However, this activity isn’t having any sort of discernible or proportionate impact on global temperatures
8. Don’t plant that tree! While tropical forests exert a cooling influence on global climate, forests in northern regions exert a significant warming influence on climate.
9. The Tropical Arctic. During a period of intense global warming 55 million years ago -- when the Arctic Ocean was as warm as 73 degrees Fahrenheit -- there was a tremendous release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. However the release was after the warming.
10. Much ado about nothing. If we adopt all IPCC recommendation vice if we do nothing, will will only have a 0.17C effect on temperature. Doing nothing is free, doing everything costs trillions and trillions of dollars.
All of these obsevations and conclusions are based off of real observations which can be repeated empirically in experiments and not Hollywood fantasy movies loaded with special effects.
Full a full read of the myths with several linked references to scientific findings, click here. One will note, this article has dozens upon dozens of references validating their accuracy and correctness unlike many other articles that make wild claims but do not provide the facts behind the claims.
posted by Lieutenant Colonel Caveman at Saturday, December 29, 2007
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