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Freeman Dyson on climate change

An Obama supporter who describes himself as "100 per cent Democrat," Dyson says he is disappointed that the President "chose the wrong side." Increasing CO2 in the atmosphere does more good than harm, he argues, and humanity doesn't face an existential crisis. Climate change, he tells us, "is not a scientific mystery but a human mystery. How does it happen that a whole generation of scientific experts is blind to obvious facts?"
 
redrumloa said:
Freeman Dyson on climate change

An Obama supporter who describes himself as "100 per cent Democrat," Dyson says he is disappointed that the President "chose the wrong side." Increasing CO2 in the atmosphere does more good than harm, he argues, and humanity doesn't face an existential crisis. Climate change, he tells us, "is not a scientific mystery but a human mystery. How does it happen that a whole generation of scientific experts is blind to obvious facts?"
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I thought Dyson must be repeating himself until I saw it's the same story from over a year ago.
 
Robert said:
You're wasting your time.
Logic won't help you here.
Nor will reason.
Even common sense is probably not worth citing.
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Record cold coming to ‘almost entire USA’ – Low temperature records set to be SHATTERED

Climatologist Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. announced: 'I cannot recall last time I have seen such a cold anomaly forecast across almost entire USA.'

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Cold Records are going to be SHATTERED! - “By the end of NEXT week, some states will be running 36 F BELOW NORMAL."

Meteorologist Paul Dorian of Vencore, Inc.: WIDESPREAD BLAST OF COLD AIR PLUNGES FROM ALASKA TO THE WESTERN US EARLY NEXT WEEK AND THEN EXPANDS INTO THE EASTERN US**

New Paper: Global Warming Temperature ‘Pause’ May Last Until 2030

**WIDESPREAD BLAST OF COLD AIR PLUNGES FROM ALASKA TO THE WESTERN US EARLY NEXT WEEK AND THEN EXPANDS INTO THE EASTERN US**

Overview
While we end November on a warm note here in the eastern US, there are changes unfolding across the Northern Hemisphere that will likely bring a widespread very cold air mass into the US next week. This cold air mass is first going to arrive in Alaska this upcoming weekend with some spots in that state plunging to 40 degrees below zero and way below normal for early December. After that, the cold air dives into the western US during the first half of next week and then it’ll likely blast into the eastern US late next week. In fact, by the time Saturday, December 10th rolls around, there may be colder-than-normal conditions all the way from Alaska to the southeastern US. Beyond that, it looks like this colder pattern will indeed have some staying power as we move deeper into the month of December.
 
 
Saudi Arabia snowfall turns desert sands powdery white (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

It's not every day that powdery snow covers the desert sand in Saudi Arabia – but that's exactly what happened to parts of the country when temperatures dropped below freezing. Saudis are reacting with a healthy dose of humor, and even a few snowmen.
The frigid temperatures and blanket of snow is an unexpected treat for Saudi Arabia's central and northwest regions, which tend to see daily high temperatures of around 20° C (68° F), even in the November "cold season."

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Remember Snowmaggedeon 5 years ago? It may end up colder and snowier this year. That year temps dipped into the 30's (F) range for 4+ days down here in Fort Lauderdale, causing all sorts of heating problems in my main building (heaters that had never turned on since the building was built). It also snowed in portions of South Florida. Orlando and Tampa officially saw snow. Fort Lauderdale area did too (very light flurry) as my son saw it first hand and video exists, but it was not officially recognized. I want to see to see real snow this year! Bring it on!

Ukraine and Russia hit by extreme cold snap and heavy snow
Cold weather has killed 37 people in Ukraine so far this month as temperatures reached minus 23 Celsius in parts of the former Soviet republic. Night temperatures are expected to drop to -28C in northern, central and eastern Ukraine this week. The cold snap followed heavy snowfall which left some areas covered with as much as 53 cm (21 inches) of snow. Cars were blocked for 18 kilometres (11 miles) overnight on Saturday on the main road between the capital Kiev and Lviv, officials said.

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Even your link has an anomaly map not fully cropped out though the positive side of the scale on the key is.
Yes, there is cold air heading south, but the north is way hotter than usual. It's a passing blob of Arctic air spilling out as it has the past few years from time to time.
 
In a recent investigation published in the scientific journal Nature, scientists have explored the influence of global warming on soil carbon stocks located in the earth’s soil, which is still unclear to the scientific community.

Soil carbon stocks have a role to play in climate change because of the many biological processes of organisms living in the soil. Plants, microbes, and animals that live in the soil require exchange of carbon with the atmosphere, resulting in either sequestration of carbon through processes such as photosynthesis or liberation of carbon through processes such as decay. Scientists believe that the rate of these processes could be accelerated by global warming.

In the most recent investigation, scientists compiled a global database of soil carbon stock responses to global warming using worldwide climate change experiments. The soil samples used in the analysis were collected from 49 climate change experiments spanning six biomes in North America, Europe, and Asia. The team focused on soil samples collected within the top 10 cm of soil, which contains the greatest proportion of biologically active soil carbon.

Soil carbon stocks were compared with warmed and ambient control plots to understand the influence of temperature on carbon liberation. From these experiments, the team was able to understand the net result of long-term change in soil carbon exchange due to climate warming. It was also able to spatially map the temperature sensitivity of soil carbon stocks at a global scale.

The researchers found that the impact of warming on soil carbon stocks varied across sites. But they were able to predict the direction and magnitude of the changes, which were related to the size of the standing soil carbon stocks and the extent and duration of warming. They found that substantial losses occurred in high latitude areas.

The team took its analysis a step further by extrapolating the carbon stocks' empirical relationship to the global scale. In doing so, the scientists were able to provide estimates of the sensitivity of soil carbon exchange to global warming that can inform top climate change modeling, such as the earth system model projections.

According to their empirical relationship, global soil carbon stocks are going to fall with warming. Meaning, more carbon is going to be liberated into the atmosphere. For one degree of warming, the team predicts a fall by 30 ± 30 petagrams of carbon to 203 ± 161 petagrams of carbon in upper soil horizons. These values are dependent on the rate at which the effects of warming occur.

Assuming the response of soil carbon to warming will occur within a year and no mitigating actions against climate change occur (business as usual climate scenario), upper soil horizons would liberate 55 ± 50 petagrams of carbon into the atmosphere by 2050. This amount of carbon liberation is roughly 12-17 percent of the already expected anthropogenic emissions over the period. Regardless of the scenario, the global soil carbon response consistently exhibits increased liberation.

Together, this analysis strongly supports the assertion that global warming will stimulate liberation of soil carbon stocks into the atmosphere, creating a positive-feedback mechanism that could further accelerate climate change. This analysis should be taken into consideration when developing future climate change models to best predict the outcomes and to develop the most effective mitigation plans.
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More here.
 
Peer-Reviewed Survey Finds Majority Of Scientists Skeptical Of Global Warming Crisis

Don’t look now, but maybe a scientific consensus exists concerning global warming after all. Only 36 percent of geoscientists and engineers believe that humans are creating a global warming crisis, according to a survey reported in the peer-reviewed Organization Studies. By contrast, a strong majority of the 1,077 respondents believe that nature is the primary cause of recent global warming and/or that future global warming will not be a very serious problem.
 
redrumloa said:
Peer-Reviewed Survey Finds Majority Of Scientists Skeptical Of Global Warming Crisis

Don’t look now, but maybe a scientific consensus exists concerning global warming after all. Only 36 percent of geoscientists and engineers believe that humans are creating a global warming crisis, according to a survey reported in the peer-reviewed Organization Studies. By contrast, a strong majority of the 1,077 respondents believe that nature is the primary cause of recent global warming and/or that future global warming will not be a very serious problem.
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And you pretend you don't read fake news.
 
Well, a Forbes opinion piece isn't much more than a blog, really. All this crap is from back in early 2013, anyhow.

Looking at more recent events, it keeps getting harder and harder to deny that for whatever reason, the Earth is warming, and at a pace quicker than can be found in historic evidence. As the only species on this planet that might possibly be capable of moderating things... It likely behooves us to start taking the issue seriously.

I'm not saying we need to tear down the economy and agree to all become 3rd world nations. In fact, we'll likely need a strong economy to keep research and development churning. But, somehow, we need to depoliticize this.
 
ilwrath said:
Looking at more recent events, it keeps getting harder and harder to deny that for whatever reason, the Earth is warming, and at a pace quicker than can be found in historic evidence.
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As beautifully illustrated in this cutesy time-line graphic:
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