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Scientists Find Direct Evidence That Atmospheric CO2 Heats Earth’s Crust

Heats flows up through the Earth’s crust, not down. Nobel Laureate Al Gore says the Earth’s crust is “millions of degrees.”

March 1, 2015 | by Lisa Winter

The study, funded in part by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, utilized data from the NOAA CarbonTracker between 2000 and 2010. Measurements from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Climate Research Facility in Oklahoma were taken almost every day, with 8,300 readings altogether. A second research facility in Alaska provided 3,300 measurements during this time span. Despite the sites being very different in terms of climate and industrial development, they both confirmed that CO2 levels are increasing due to human activity, and that it’s heating up the Earth’s crust.

They started during the cold 2000 La Nina, and ended during the warm El Nino in 2010. Troposphere temperatures were 0.5C higher in 2010, than 2000 – so of course there was more emissions from CO2. The air temperature was higher, which means more heat is emitted.

“We see, for the first time in the field, the amplification of the greenhouse effect because there’s more CO2 in the atmosphere to absorb what the Earth emits in response to incoming solar radiation,” lead author Daniel Feldman of University of California, Berkeley said in a press release. “Numerous studies show rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations, but our study provides the critical link between those concentrations and the addition of energy to the system, or the greenhouse effect.”

It has nothing to do with absorption. There was more CO2 in the atmosphere in 2010 than in 2000, and the air temperature was higher – so of course there were more emissions in CO2 spectral bands. The authors are jumping to conclusions based on what they want to find, rather than any rational thought process.

The researchers measured the crust’s radiative force, which is the ratio of infrared energy released by the crust as thermal radiation compared to how much energy it receives from the sun. After correcting for potential confounders such as cloud cover and humidity, they discovered that the radiative force had indeed increased during that decade-long observation period by 0.2 Watts per square meter per decade. Though that number might sound small, it’s actually a 10% increase. The researchers were able to connect this to the 22 parts per million increase of atmospheric carbon that occurred during the same time span.

Scientists Find Direct Evidence That Atmospheric CO2 Heats Earth’s Crust | IFLScience

The first sentence sounds like mindless gibberish from a confused journalist, so I will ignore that. More CO2 at a higher temperature will emit more IR. Every scientist working with radiative transfer models has known this for decades. The authors’ assumption that it is due to increased absorption of LW radiation by CO2 molecules doesn’t have any basis other than conformation bias. Even it is was pitch black (i.e. no greenhouse effect) more CO2 at higher temperatures will emit more LW.

The authors are conflating emission and absorption.  Junk science at its worst.

Government experts like Gavin Schmidt and Tom Karl say the weather is the hottest ever, because of Mann-made CO2 emissions.

V apparently lives in the great state of Illiteracy, and Sherry lives in a state which is completely covered with snow.

I can’t promise you an Obamaphone or tens of thousands of dollars of other people’s money, but would appreciate your vote anyway.

Fifteenth Annual Weblog Awards: The 2015 Bloggies

Three years ago, experts said that global warming means warm winters and less snow in the Northeast. Now they claim they predicted cold winters and more snow.

Most people think about global warming during the dog days of summer. But temperatures are rising in the winter too, and that means less snow.

Winter climate change raises important science and policy questions. A decrease in frigid nights means fewer frozen pipes and failing furnaces. We might also expect less ice-related accidents and the spread of species that are adapted to milder climates

In the Northeast, water quality and pancake breakfasts are now among the potential victims of a warming world.

Produced in collaboration with WAMC Northeast Public Radio, this podcast originally aired on January 1, 2012.

Not just hot summers, climate change will affect winter, too | Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

If you turn on the heat in your electric car, you probably won’t make it home. Might as well take a bicycle like I do.

Cold weather kills electric car range | MNN – Mother Nature Network

 Do a dance to the snow god, bring back winter | The Seattle Times

Compare this year vs last. Nearly identical record breaking cold at the beginning of March. Government experts say it is the hottest weather ever, because they are paid to lie.

We waste huge amounts of energy in the US because of poor building practices and poor traffic management. Improving those would improve quality of life, cut down energy bills, and add more quality time to everybody’s day.

I’m off on my bicycle to Whole Foods, with my new touchpad.

Instead of spouting mindless BS like Trenberth and Mann do about Boston snow, how about doing some actual science?

Boston has had their driest snow on record this winter

ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/ghcn/daily/all/USC00190736.dly

Boston is having one of their coldest winters on record.

Colder winters in Boston have more snow. Warmer winters in Boston have less snow

Mann and Trenberth say that excess moisture caused by global warming has caused the deep snow in Boston. There isn’t one shred of evidence to back that up. There has been no increase in winter precipitation at Boston, and this year doesn’t even rank in the top ten.

It is snowing, because it is cold.