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IPCC FailsIPCC wrong about clouds Taylor (Managing editor of Environment & Climate News, senior fellow at The Heartland Institute, bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College, law degree from Syracuse University College of Law) 2012 (John M., “Climate Change Weekly: Global Warming Skeptics More Knowledgeable than Alarmists,” June 1, 2012, http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2012/06/01/climate-change-weekly-global-warming-skeptics-more-knowledgeable-alarmi) //CL NEW STUDY CONTRADICTS IPCC ON CLOUDS A newly published peer-reviewed study contradicts one of the key assumptions of alarmist computer models. Those models are programmed to assume that a cooling of the stratosphere is occurring as a result of clouds over the Earth’s poles trapping a significant amount of heat beneath the stratosphere. To the contrary, the new study finds clouds over the poles act to cool the stratosphere by adiabatic cooling rather than by trapping outgoing radiation. IPCC wrong about aerosols Taylor (Managing editor of Environment & Climate News, senior fellow at The Heartland Institute, bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College, law degree from Syracuse University College of Law) 2011 (John M., “New Aerosol Study Refutes Global Warming Theory,” October 20, 2011, http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/new-aerosol-study-refutes-global-warming-theory) //CL The amount of warming due to aerosols was so significant, the researchers reported, that aerosols alone could explain--in and of themselves and completely independent of greenhouse gases--the observed glacier retreat in the Eastern Himalayan Mountains. Milloy noted the new discovery further calls into question unreliable global warming models that have failed to explain why manmade carbon dioxide emissions steadily increased from about 1940 to 1975 even as global temperatures cooled. Said Milloy, "Global warming alarmists, such as the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, attempt to counter this observation by claiming that aerosol particles in the atmosphere--like soot and sulfates from fossil fuel combustion, and dust from volcanic eruptions--can mask the warming effect of greenhouse gases and cool the planet by reflecting solar radiation back into space. Earth has not warmed as predicted, they argue, because aerosol pollution is cooling the planet in a way that temporarily mitigates greenhouse gas warming. "The new aerosol study doesn't show that climate alarmists may be just a little off course--it shows that they may be 180 degrees off," Milloy added. "The aerosol study opens up the possibility for an entirely new hypothesis for global warming, with aerosols as the culprit. Yet up to now, the 'consensus' crowd has portrayed aerosols in the opposite light, as cooling agents." Idsos IndictThe Idsos don’t have peer review and fill their work with meaningless jargon UCS 5 (“Misinformation about climate change,” http://www.ucsusa.org/ssi/archive/climate-misinformation.html) In an attempt to bank on the credibility science generally enjoys and to fight off accusations of making unscientific, biased claims, skeptics also pursue the idea "if you can't beat them, join them"—if only in appearance. EXAMPLE: The Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change This pseudo-scientific research center located in Tempe, AZ is currently headed up by Craig D. and Keith E. Idso, who are also involved with the Greening Earth Society. In a position paper on global warming [13], the two authors (the only listed staff of the Center) state, "There is little doubt the air's CO2 concentration has risen significantly since the inception of the Industrial Revolution; and there are few who do not attribute the CO2 increase to the increase in humanity's use of fossil fuels. There is also little doubt that the earth has warmed slightly over the same period; but there is no compelling reason to believe that the rise in temperature was caused by the rise in CO2. Furthermore it is highly unlikely that future increases in the air's CO2 content will produce any global warming; for there are numerous problems with the popular hypothesis that links the two phenomena." The authors then go on to flesh out these "problems" with scientific jargon, criticizing unscientific interpretations, and debunking claims never made by serious climate scientists. The "scientific" positions held by Center staff are not subjected to peer-review, and the Center's Scientific Advisors are mostly retired scientists without past or current research in climate-related sciences. It is not clear whether the CO2 Center is actually a separate entity from the Greening Earth Society. They’re paid by oil and gas companies UCS 7 (“Responding to Global Warming Skeptics—Prominent Skeptics Organizations”, http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science/skeptic-organizations.html) Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide & Global Change The Center claims to "disseminate factual reports and sound commentary on new developments in the world-wide scientific quest to determine the climactic and biological consequences of the ongoing rise in the air's CO2 content." The Center is led by two brothers, Craig and Keith Idso. Their father, Sherwood Idso, is affiliated with the Greening Earth Society; the Center also shares a board member (Sylvan Wittwer) with GES. Both Idso brothers have been on the Western Fuels payroll at one time or another. Spin: Increased levels of CO2 will help plants, and that's good. Funding: The Center is extremely secretive of its funding sources, stating that it is their policy not to divulge it funders. There is evidence for a strong connection to the Greening Earth Society (ergo Western Fuels Association). Affiliated Individuals: Craig Idso, Keith Idso, Sylvan Wittwer \ Directory: files files -> Answer True False 2 points Question 2 files -> Integer programming and game theory files -> 4 Integer Programming files -> Bpa vehicle Window Repair Scenario #1 task: Procure vehicle window relacement. Objective files -> Pop Warner History files -> North Carolina Inclusion Initiative Mapping Where Children with ieps are Being Served Purpose files -> Fall 2013 Spring 2014 Program Data: Standard 1 Exhibit 4d files -> Hanban – asia society confucius classrooms network 2010 request for proposal files -> Northern England’s set-jetting locations Download 0.98 Mb. Share with your friends:
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