These NASA heretics blame Arctic warming on something other than CO2. The GISS warming trend falls apart without their Arctic pink.
Dorothy Koch of Columbia University, N.Y. and NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), New York, and James Hansen of NASA GISS are co-authors of the study that appeared in a recent issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research.
“This research offers additional evidence that black carbon may have a significant warming impact on the Arctic,” Koch said. Warmer temperatures in the Arctic mean melting ice and snow, among other things. These temperature and ice changes also wind up affecting climate patterns around the world.
The Arctic is especially vulnerable to pollution. In recent years the Arctic has significantly warmed, and sea-ice cover and glaciers have diminished. Likely causes for these trends include changing weather patterns and the effects of pollution. Airborne soot also warms the air and affects weather patterns and clouds.
I wonder what Prince Charles’ sootprint will be?
Prince Charles to use Texan’s jet in US visit
The private jet will take only Big Ears, 4 flunkeys and (wait for it) a representative of his sustainability organisation to the US so he can meet Barry and give a speech to a conference on sustainable agriculture!
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/42696709
They seem to leave out natural particulates such as dust and pollen that change the Albedo. This paper is another “What If” scenario that does not take all factors into consideration.
The Eaarth-hating, fossil fuel hugging, evil Koch family has now infiltrated NASA GISS?!? We’re dooooooomed!
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And there I was thinking that our PM (Julia Gillard) was being deceitful calling it “carbon” pollution. Not at all – she was obviously WAY ahead of the pack! I have newfound respect for her. ;^)
Check out this image of soot on Greenland ice. 🙂
http://notrickszone.com/2011/04/23/soot-emerging-as-main-driver-of-arctic-warming/
Hansen, Koch and soot.
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/environment/arctic_soot.html