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re: True or False: climate change

Posted on 3/13/17 at 10:46 pm to
Posted by tarzana
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Posted on 3/13/17 at 10:46 pm to
It's patently false, atmospheric water vapor & CO2 levels have a direct correlation with temperature.

By continuing to pump CO2 into the atmosphere, and methane from cow emissions, eventually a point of no return will be reached, where the Earth's retention of solar radiation will overwhelm its ability to dispel heat, and a Venus-like runaway greenhouse inferno will materialize
Posted by RobbBobb
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Posted on 3/14/17 at 8:05 am to
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By continuing to pump CO2 into the atmosphere, and methane from cow emissions, eventually a point of no return will be reached, where the Earth's retention of solar radiation will overwhelm its ability to dispel heat, and a Venus-like runaway greenhouse inferno will materialize

Yeah, that's not true

1) explain how we've pumped more CO2 into the atmosphere, and yet temps have leveled off, and in some years decreased?

2) Why have scientists adopted the theory of oceans as temperature sinks that can hold in this added warmth?

3) How in the HELL is it possible that receding lakes and glaciers are uncovering previous civilizations, if man has continued to produce C02 since their evolution? How did the Earth ever cool enough to cover their previous industrial activities?
Posted by Taxing Authority
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Posted on 3/14/17 at 9:35 am to
quote:

By continuing to pump CO2 into the atmosphere, and methane from cow emissions, eventually a point of no return will be reached, where the Earth's retention of solar radiation will overwhelm its ability to dispel heat, and a Venus-like runaway greenhouse inferno will materialize
This would be true if everything was 1:1 and linear like iosh's chart. But it's not reality. CO2 radiative forcing isn't linear. Radiative heat losses aren't linear. Temperature and water vapor are both non linear and have huge discrete discontinuities.
This post was edited on 3/14/17 at 9:36 am
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