Monthly Archives: November 2014

Venus is very hot, but has no weather. This is partly because they have a uniform temperature across the surface, day and night. There is no mechanism to produce heat flow. The Arctic is very cold, but has a large flow … Continue reading →

Greenhouses receive solar radiation through the glass. Essentially all of that energy has to escape back out of the greenhouse. The only place for it to escape is back out through the glass. Heat flow between two points is proportional to … Continue reading →

Einstein joked : If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts. He was mocking fake scientists who tamper with data, like the ones in the US government which create fake temperature graphs. The White House is engaged in … Continue reading →

The principle is : Heat can only flow from a warmer place to a cooler place The heat source is the sun. The sun irradiates the the Earth’s surface. As a first order principle, all of this heat has to return … Continue reading →

If the atmosphere allowed solar energy in, but no energy out, – the Earth would keep getting hotter, and would eventually melt.

It is absolutely true that net heat flow is is always from a warmer location to a cooler location. It is also absolutely true that in order to maintain a constant flow of heat,  an increase in temperature at the … Continue reading →

Climate scientists blame the high temperatures on Venus on the greenhouse effect. Given that Venus surface receives very little sunlight, and that nights there are months long with no drop in temperature, it is absurd to compare the Venusian climate … Continue reading →

Climate experts say that a wavy jet stream and harsh winters are caused by global warming. There’s growing evidence that global warming is driving crazy winters There’s growing evidence that global warming is driving crazy winters – The Washington Post … Continue reading →

Some readers have determined that insulators can not increase the temperature of an object. So I guess they can wrap their automobile engine in thick fiberglass insulation, and expect that nothing bad will happen. Fascinating science.