Irrelevance of
the CO2 global warming hypothesis?
Not exact matches
On the possibility of a changing cloud cover «forcing»
global warming in recent times (assuming we can just ignore the
CO2 physics and current literature on feedbacks, since I don't see a contradiction between an internal radiative forcing and positive feedbacks), one would have to explain a few things, like why the diurnal temperature gradient would decrease with a planet being
warmed by decreased albedo... why the stratosphere should cool... why winters should
warm faster than summers... essentially the same questions that come with the cosmic ray
hypothesis.
There is very little science behind the claim that a doubling of
CO2 will cause one degree C. of
warming — which even if true, adds up to a mere one degree C. of
global warming in about 200 years, assuming
CO2 levels increase 2 ppm per year, and the
hypothesis is correct.
That's a
hypothesis and, arguably, a reasonable ASSOCIATION, but cause and effect has hardly been established, and I understand it's not clear whether
global warming causes an increase in
CO2, or vice versa.
I'm simply questioning the validity of the
hypothesis offered by so many climate scientists that
CO2 emissions from fossil fuels are a significant factor in
global warming, to the extent that they must be drastically reduced.
Victor (243): I'm simply questioning the validity of the
hypothesis offered by so many climate scientists that
CO2 emissions from fossil fuels are a significant factor in
global warming, to the extent that they must be drastically reduced.
CO2 Science misrepresents Doran's study as a «major blow to the
CO2 - induced
global warming hypothesis... many a climate alarmist jumped on the
global warming bandwagon... however, the bottom began to fall out of the poorly constructed bandwagon, as the evidentiary glue that held it together began to weaken.»
Died - in - the - wool believers in
global warming will argue that coal will produce
CO2 and contribute to
global warming but the following two points will undermine their arguments without challenging the AGW
hypothesis.
Veizer's alternative
hypothesis for 20th century
global warming does appear to be: the
warming was caused by a «celestial driver» (i.e., a change in solar activity — despite the lack of observed trend), and it is this
warming which has increased the
CO2 concentration, not the other way round.
CAGW or Catastrophic Anthropogenic
Global Warming is the acronym used (mostly by those that don't support taking immediate action on climate change) for the theory (or collection of hypotheses) that attribute most of the observed modern warming to human activities and warn that continuing similar activities (mostly emitting CO2) could result in warming that is dangerous to both civilization and a number of ecos
Warming is the acronym used (mostly by those that don't support taking immediate action on climate change) for the theory (or collection of
hypotheses) that attribute most of the observed modern
warming to human activities and warn that continuing similar activities (mostly emitting CO2) could result in warming that is dangerous to both civilization and a number of ecos
warming to human activities and warn that continuing similar activities (mostly emitting
CO2) could result in
warming that is dangerous to both civilization and a number of ecos
warming that is dangerous to both civilization and a number of ecosystems.
AGW [actually, the AGW /
CO2 /
global warming hypothesis] challenges the accepted theory of natural climate variability.
The AGW
hypothesis is that human emissions of
CO2 will lead to catastrophic
global warming, disappearing sea ice, rising sea levels, and numerous other catastrophic events.
This is, by far, much less than «prophesized» by the IPCC's «
global warming»
hypothesis for the recorded period, that was characterized by massive
CO2 emissions to the atmosphere.
The IPCC
hypothesis is that human produced
CO2 is the main driver of climate change (
global warming).
And how much longer will it be before the public finally rejects the bureaucrat - science quacks and political / institutional / celebrity elites who continue to push the failed
CO2 - based anthropogenic
global warming (AGW)
hypothesis, whose real political agenda is not science related whatsoever.
... The Truth About Coal, China, and Smog... Environmental extremists, especially those wedded to the
CO2 hypothesis for
global warming, have repeatedly reported on China's smog and how coal - fired power plants were to blame.
If the
hypothesis is that
CO2 does not cause
global warming, then this past eight - year trend DOES support this
hypothesis.
And the closer the correlation found if any (between
CO2 and
global warming), the more plausible the
hypothesis of the joint effect of
CO2 and H2O.
We have far more data about increasing
CO2 than increasing water vapor, hence if we want to test this
hypothesis by looking for a correlation between
global warming and the combined effect of
CO2 and H2O, a correlation with
CO2 alone is more feasible than one involving water vapour.
One
hypothesis about
global warming is that it is the result largely of increases in
CO2 and H2O in some proportion as yet undetermined.
Conclusion: Those stubborn climate facts are not kind to the ever - fading,
CO2 - induced
global warming hypothesis.
The Japanese evidence also disproves the often - cited
hypothesis that Siberia and other areas of northern Russia were natural vents for large scale
CO2 outgassing, exacerbating
global warming fears.
So, the scientific thread of albedo prediction from optical depth, Van de Hulst, Sagan and Pollack [Venusian runaway
global warming], Lacis and Hansen is wrong., the crutch for the high
CO2 - AGW
hypothesis is taken away,
CO2 probably loses AGW monopoly via «polluted cloud heating».
Among the many measurements needed to give credence to the man - made
global warming hypothesis are the
global sources, uptakes, and distributions of
CO2.
The scientific theory of
global warming due to IR absorption and scattering due to
CO2 is a mere
hypothesis: this is false, as over 100 years of research into how the climate works and the physical properties of
CO2 has shown.
Most climate hobgoblins in Canada come through the Federal Government, particularly Environment Canada (EC) with the singular objective of proving the
hypothesis that human production of
CO2 is causing
global warming.
AGW is a
hypothesis that makes sense, namely: — GHGs absorb outgoing radiation, thereby contributing to
warming (GH theory)--
CO2 is a GHG (as is water vapor plus some minor GHGs)--
CO2 concentrations have risen (mostly since measurements started in Mauna Loa in 1959)--
global temperature has risen since 1850 (in ~ 30 - year
warming cycles with ~ 30 - year cycles of slight cooling in between)-- humans emit
CO2 and other GHGs — ergo, human GHG emissions have very likely been a major contributor to higher GHG concentrations, very likely contributing to the observed
warming
What is required with to support the AGW
hypothesis is testable, empirical evidence showing that human emissions of
CO2 will cause runaway
global warming.
Or do you mean people who disagree with the
hypothesis that man made
CO2 emissions will cause dangerous
global warming?
My argument is not with the properties of
Co2 itself, it's with the global warming hypothesis with respect to C
Co2 itself, it's with the
global warming hypothesis with respect to
CO2CO2.
Summary: The observed shrinking of
CO2's influence on
global warming does not bode well for the future longevity of the AGW
hypothesis.
Assuming three of the four inches are due to anthropogenic
CO2, then the storm surge was 1.8 % higher due to
global warming (taking 14 feet as the storm surge maximum, a number on which there is little agreement, confirming my
hypothesis above that we are arguing in the noise).
Governments upbraided in the article for inaction created the false
hypothesis that human
CO2 caused
global warming / climate change.
The CAGW
global warming hypothesis is rather straightforward: increasing atmospheric
CO2 would
warm the world in an accelerating, out - of - control manner.
(Revised September 23, 2016 by addition of a new final section by Dr. James Wallace) As discussed in my book, Environmentalism Gone Mad, two of the reasonable inferences from the Catastrophic Anthropogenic
Global Warming (CAGW) hypothesis (the scientific basis for the world climate scare pushed by the United Nations and the Obama Administration) are that atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels should affect global temperatures, and that the resulting heat generated should be observable by a hot spot about 10 km over the tr
Global Warming (CAGW)
hypothesis (the scientific basis for the world climate scare pushed by the United Nations and the Obama Administration) are that atmospheric carbon dioxide (
CO2) levels should affect
global temperatures, and that the resulting heat generated should be observable by a hot spot about 10 km over the tr
global temperatures, and that the resulting heat generated should be observable by a hot spot about 10 km over the tropics.
Summary: The expert consensus was wrong about
global warming; the AGW
hypothesis is without empirical evidence merit; climate science is not settled, nor will it be in near future; and climate change will continue regardless of
CO2 emissions.
If there is no hotspot, then the IPCC
hypothesis of
CO2 caused
global warming (AGW) is essentially proven false.
A key claim of the
hypothesis known as anthropogenic
global warming (AGW), is that human activities (particularly industry) are producing
CO2 that is causing
warming and climate change.
Their campaign depends on maintaining their fantasy world, which they do by defending their catastrophic anthropocentric
global warming (CAGW)
hypothesis, claiming that failure to reduce
CO2 emissions will result in various climate / extreme weather catastrophes.
The enduring myth of «accelerating» is a leftover from earlier IPCC climate reports and the original AGW
hypothesis that speculated greater levels of atmospheric
CO2 would generate «runaway»
global warming leading to a catastrophic «tipping point» climate change.
Instead, they present the
hypothesis that
global warming is caused by undersea geothermal activity, not
CO2.
If one's
hypothesis is correct about man - made
global warming, then X amount of
CO2 over time period Y should result in temperature Z.
I can do no more than refer you to Einstein's work, and later work by Feynman, and you will get an appreciation of why physicists who have not subscribed to the popular hysteria that is
CO2 induced
global warming, have nothing but contempt for the whole silly
hypothesis.
«Unlike a decade ago, when few scientists dared express doubt that humanity's
CO2 emissions are causing dangerous
global warming, it seems now that not a week goes by without some leading expert condemning the
hypothesis.
The
hypothesis that
global warming will resume is just as invalid as the
hypothesis that
CO2 caused
global warming in the first place.
It is my contention (and that of many others) that in fact this is the default null
hypothesis and until proponents of the anthropogenic
global warming hyothesis come up with some better evidence to back up their claims of imminent dangerous
warming driven by
co2 and a water vapour feedback to its increasing levels, the null
hypothesis is the best one we have.
Global warming due to humans is based on the
hypothesis that our addition of
CO2 has changed the balance of energy entering and leaving the Earth's atmosphere.
The article is part of a wider attack by creators and promoters of the
hypothesis that
CO2, especially the human portion, was causing
global warming or climate change.
1) The
hypothesis of manmade
global warming by
CO2 does not have a single piece of defendable science behind it.
However, the actual origin of the
global warming /
CO2 hypothesis is generally credited to Swedish physicist / chemist Svante Arrenhius, circa 1896.