Harvey Didn't Come Out of the Blue. Now Is the Time to Talk about Climate Change

Post by dragonwriter » Wed, Aug 30, 2017, 6:25 PM UTC

Turing_Machine wrote: post #49

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Perhaps not more likely, but since they run on heat, hurricanes could possibly become stronger in the future. I haven't seen any articles which reference research on this, as it's hard to filter out the ones with bias (in either direction).

"Perhaps not more likely, but since they run on heat, hurricanes could possibly become stronger in the future." They run on heat differential , like any heat engine. A uniform global temperature increase would likely have minimal effects.

Post by terminus » Wed, Aug 30, 2017, 7:00 PM UTC

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Human CO2 contribution and the basic warming effect are well understood. Nature absorbs more CO2 than it emits, but not enough to offset the amount we are putting out. Thus, the global CO2 concentration has been rising over the past 100+ years, especially in recent decades. A higher CO2 concentration blocks more thermal radiation from exiting through Earth's atmosphere into space. When this energy is blocked, it stay…

> Human CO2 contribution and the basic warming effect are well understood. Could you please point me to your most convincing scientific argument, so that I can understand it too?

Post by dogruck » Wed, Aug 30, 2017, 7:29 PM UTC

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dogruck wrote: post #75

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> Human CO2 contribution and the basic warming effect are well understood. Could you please point me to your most convincing scientific argument, so that I can understand it too?

The argument was right below the line you replied to. Perhaps try reading? A google search for "case for climate change" would also give you meaningful results. But, you already knew that.

Post by dogruck » Wed, Aug 30, 2017, 7:57 PM UTC

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I disagree that organizations such as AAAS, NASA, and NOAA aren't political. Perhaps you and I have different definitions of "political." Do you define it as "elected official?"

Are newspaper editors elected where you live?

Post by dogruck » Wed, Aug 30, 2017, 8:02 PM UTC

emodendroket wrote: post #79

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Remember when Dr Roger Pielke Jr was fired because he didn't think climate change intensified hurricanes? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_A._Pielke_Jr . You might have that understanding because the media punishes disention.

> Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. Please search for Roger A. Pielke Jr in Wikipedia to check for alternative titles or spellings.