Posted by TruthFreedom1 11 years, 8 months ago to Science
For the climate deniers south of the 49th. parallel.
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I have said nothing about faith, you have.
You believe that Science is Truth: That is faith.
I believe that Science presents theories and I evaluate those theories on their merits and make my own decisions.
On solubility, yes there is irregular behavior of various gasses in various liquids perhaps related to surface tension, compounds which change with temperature, and energy at the molecular level. Even the concept of 'things that happen' is not solid, ie data. A relevant example is how NASA and various other government agencies in several countries manage to revise temperature records so as to support prevailing policies.
1. The Antarctic is a land mass surrounded by sea and thus the warming sea has no affect. It also reflects much of the solar radiation back into the upper reaches of the troposphere. and it is a couple kilometers thick (Think Ice Age). Different than the Arctic where the floating sea ice melts seasonally more and more as the water and atmosphere are warmed it melts the ice. It has a much faster compound effect on the speed of change. You should also know that the mass of the sea ice is drastically reducing as well in the Arctic it is getting thinner. This cold dense melt water has a profound effect on the Thermohaline currents of the oceans which have a huge affect on the jet stream which have a huge effect on local climate. The thermocline is also responsible for transporting nutrients Zooplankton and Phytoplankton (which provides almost half of the oxygen we breathe) and mixing of the water.
2. Antarctic is mountainous and the higher you go the colder it gets. Things will change much slower in Antarctica... That is expected. Ice over land reacts much different than ice over water to temp change. And the mass of Antarctic Ice is much greater than Arctic ice.
Sorry.. sent the wrong link by accident.
Yes and as the Himalayas melt away as the Glaciers in North America are doing where does that water end up my friend? In the ocean. And it stays there in vast saline quantities for thousands of years before it gets evaporated into the atmosphere and falls again onto lands so dry that it evaporates again almost immediately or it falls onto tilled agricultural lands and washes away more nutrients creating even more unfertile soil.
Your perspective sir is flawed.
http://www.nbr.org/research/activity.asp...
http://ncse.com/blog/2013/10/alternative...
Science deals in theory, i.e. our best current understanding; not truth, i.e. metaphysics and faith.
So, a better question would be, do you believe that the current understanding has merit.
The answer to that is, no, I do not.
I think the current understanding is thoroughly driven by politics,
See Lysenko-Minchurism, and then go troll elsewhere.
The albedo of a vegetated surface determines how much shortwave energy is absorbed or reflected, however, it is not an exact indication
of local climate. Other physical factors of
vegetation such as canopy height, surface
roughness, and soil moisture affect local surface temperature, humidity and energy fluxes.The albedo and surface temperature
associated with various land covers differ latitudinally and seasonally although 28%
reforestation and afforestation occurring within
the Eastern U.S. would probably cause local cooling. You really should take a lesson in basic ecology and soils. http://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/bit...
As for the apples to apples I was only pointing out that trying to use volcanic activity to explain rising temps and CO2 is also a red herring. However comparing a crowded room to standing at an active volcanoes edge. Well there is a science study you can take part in. Phhht.
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