Schmitt: Climate History

Posted on 2010/06/20 by Dr. Ed

by Harrison H. Schmitt

[Note by Dr. Ed Berry: Senator Schmitt wrote four articles that include climate history. To make it easier for you to follow this climate history, I summarize the climate history of his four articles here. The numbers in the text are references he cited in his articles.]

The Last 600 Million Years

Extraordinarily complex natural processes underlie changes in the Earth’s climate. They represent decadal to millennial to epochal variations in weather patterns as nature continuously attempts to compensate for solar heating imbalances in and between the atmosphere, oceans, and landmasses. Continue reading →

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Berry: Temperature and CO2 History

Posted on 2010/06/01 by Dr. Ed

Temperatures

Let us look at temperatures. Here is a plot of the reconstructed temperatures and CO2 concentrations for the past 600 million years. Continue reading →

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What Scientists Really Say About Global Warming

Posted on 2009/12/01 by Dr. Ed

Here’s what scientists say:

  1. 2007: 101 key scientists contradict the IPCC Report.
  2. 2008: 650 scientists, over 12 times the 52 signers, dissent at the UN meeting.
  3. 2008: Japan Geoscience Union symposium survey showed 90% of participants do not believe the IPCC report.
  4. 2009: 700 key scientists sign the Senate report (Inhofe) debunking man-made global warming claims.
  5. 2009: International Conference on Climate Change: All 700 scientists agree that CO2 does not cause global warming. Continue reading →
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Segalstad: Correct Timing is Everything – Also for CO2 in the Air

Posted on 2009/08/05 by Dr. Ed

by Tom V. Segalstad, CO2Science

In a paper recently published in the international peer-reviewed journal Energy & Fuels, Dr. Robert H. Essenhigh (2009), Professor of Energy Conversion at The Ohio State University, addresses the residence time (RT) of anthropogenic CO2 in the air. He finds that the RT for bulk atmospheric CO2, the molecule 12CO2, is ~5 years, in good agreement with other cited sources (Segalstad, 1998), while the RT for the trace molecule 14CO2 is ~16 years. Both of these residence times are much shorter than what is claimed by the IPCC. Continue reading →

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Berry: The global warming hypothesis

Posted on 2009/06/01 by Dr. Ed

by Edwin Berry

Now let us review the basic arguments against the global warming hypothesis. For the global warming hypothesis, namely that human-produced carbon dioxide is causing significant global warming, to be valid the alarmists must demonstrate that all of the following are true: Continue reading →

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Berry: Why our glaciers are melting

Posted on 2009/05/01 by Dr. Ed

by Edwin Berry

This chart shows how glaciers have been melting at a constant rate since about 1820. They began melting long before human carbon dioxide emissions became significant starting in about 1950. Continue reading →

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Berry: The Common Logical Fallacy

Posted on 2009/05/01 by Dr. Ed

by Edwin Berry

Here is an easy way to illustrate the common logical fallacy called “affirming the consequent. Consider the following logic statement: Continue reading →

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Berry: Human CO2 emissions are irrelevant

Posted on 2009/05/01 by Dr. Ed

by Edwin Berry

Tom Quirk shows natural variability of the climate is the prime cause of increasing CO2, not the emissions of CO2 from the use of fossil fuels. Continue reading →

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Berry: Presentation to the Annual Meeting of Flathead Electric COOP, March 21, 2009.

Posted on 2009/03/22 by Dr. Ed

by Edwin Berry

A statement by our COOP says:

“Trustees and management are committed to finding the lowest-cost, most environmentally friendly sources of power…”

But, as they say, the devil is in the details. Continue reading →

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Sununu: The Politics of Global Warming

Posted on 2009/03/10 by Dr. Ed

by John H. Sununu

The Heartland Institute 2009 International Conference on Climate Change

We have gathered here to bring some reality and sound science into the ongoing global debate on climate change and global warming. I certainly am pleased to join this very distinguished assembly of experts who have come here to confirm that the “debate on the science is not over.” Continue reading →

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