Tag Archives: Carbon dioxide

Halting the vast release of methane is critical

Posted on May 1, 2021 by ...and Then There's Physics

A week or so ago there was a New York Times article called Halting the Vast Release of Methane Is Critical for Climate, U.N. Says. As the title suggests, it was reporting on a United Nations Report that (according to … Continue reading →

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Guest post: Nothing New Under the Sun

Posted on May 26, 2015 by ...and Then There's Physics

This is a guest post from John Russell. I won’t describe what it says as it speaks for itself, but it is quite remarkable that our basic understanding of how CO2 will influence our climate has changed little in the … Continue reading →

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Is the GWPF avin’ a larf?

Posted on March 17, 2015 by ...and Then There's Physics

I know I should really ignore these things, but not only is the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) taken seriously by some, my incredulity also tends to win out. The latest in my they can’t really have said that, can … Continue reading →

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Forcings and feedbacks

Posted on December 27, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

William Connolley had a recent post about making stuff up, that discussed the linear relationship between temperature change and change in forcing (ΔT = λΔF). I commented that I had thought that this linear relationship was simply an approximation based … Continue reading →

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Watt about the CO2 residence time?

Posted on November 23, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

Watts Up With That (WUWT) has a recent post by Christopher Monckton called On CO2 residence times – the chicken or the egg. Ths post discusses the bombtest curve shown in the figure below. This curve shows the decay of … Continue reading →

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Salby comment 1

Posted on November 14, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

Murry Salby has now completed his tour of Britain and there have been a few posts discussing his presentations. Some positive, others not. I’ll be quite honest and say that I think Salby’s ideas are scientifically incorrect and that it’s … Continue reading →

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Watt about the 100:1?

Posted on September 18, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

I really thought that maybe Watts Up With That (WUWT) was keeping quiet about Topher Field’s 50-to-1 video project because they’d realised just how silly the actual calculation was. Oh, how wrong I was. There is now a new post … Continue reading →

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Watt about a science-based rebuttal to global warming alarmism?

Posted on September 11, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

There’s a new post on Watts Up With That (WUWT) that claims to be a a science-based rebuttal to global warming alarmism (in fact, it is essentially a cut and paste from an article in the Washington Times). It’s by … Continue reading →

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Watt about doing revolutionary science?

Posted on September 1, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

Watts Up With That (WUWT) has new post called can the IPCC do revolutionary science? The post suggests that the But the SPM has been sidelined by momentous climate change events that occurred after its March cut-off date – and … Continue reading →

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Watt about the Magellan telescope?

Posted on August 25, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

Watts Up With That (WUWT) has a recent post called new telescope brings the power of Hubble down to Earth. It’s really a press release from the University of Arizona about recent results using the new MagAO system on the … Continue reading →

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