notrickszone--2020-12-15--UC Davis Prof Dismisses Climate Doom By Livestock. Cows Lead To Greater Food Yield, “Carbon Sequestr

UC Davis Prof Dismisses Climate Doom By Livestock. Cows Lead To Greater Food Yield, “Carbon Sequestration”

UC Davis professor Frank Mitloehner dismisses the claims that livestock is bad for the planet , says ruminants in fact enhance global food production and sequester carbon .
Ruminants play a critical role in feeding the global population , sequestering carbon , says UC Davis professor Frank Mitloehner .
Photo : P. Gosselin Climate activists insist that people need to drastically reduce their consumption of meat , especially beef , if there is to be any hope of rescuing our climate .
Producing beef consumes huge quantities of fresh water , takes up great areas of land that could otherwise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to massive emissions of methane – a powerful greenhouse gas that is helping destabilize our climate .
But Frank Mitloehner , Professor of Animal Science Department at the University of California-Davis , disagrees with the alarmist claims made about cows and explains why in the following video : The first big misconception , Mitloehner says , is the belief that 70 % of agricultural land is being used by livestock and thus crowds out vegetable and plant-based food production .
“ Why not use it to grow plants directly ?
” Because it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Using a sheet of paper , Mitloehner demonstrates how much land is used globally for agriculture : about one third of the earth ’ s land surface , of which two thirds is so-called “ marginal land ” , i.e .
land that is not suitable for growing crops and is thus best used for ruminant livestock to graze on .
The advantage is that ruminants are able to convert the plants that are non-edible by humans , and thus “ convert them into animal-source food , ” says Mitloehner .
“ Without @ @ @ @ @ @ @ use of that amount of agricultural land.
” In other words , crops can not be grown on marginal land , but livestock can graze on it and thus produce food for us .
The remaining one third of the agricultural land is so called “ arable land ” , which is land that is suitable for growing crops .
This is less than 3 % of the earth ’ s total surface .
Mitloehner reminds that the arable land needs to be fertilized , and that half of this fertilizer is organic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ marginal land .
Keeping livestock “ precisely what needs to be done ” “ If we were to forgo animal agriculture altogether , then it would effectively mean that we would throw away 70 % of all agricultural land and we would have to replace all the organic fertilizer that goes on this land with chemical fertilizers , which are very carbon-intensive in their production , ” says Mitloehner .
Keeping livestock on marginal land “ is precisely what needs to be done , ” he says .
Mitloehner is not alone in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ impact on climate change .

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UC Davis professor Frank Mitloehner dismisses the claims that livestock is bad for the planet, says ruminants in fact enhance global food production and sequester carbon.
Ruminants play a critical role in feeding the global population, sequestering carbon, says UC Davis professor Frank Mitloehner. Photo: P. Gosselin
Climate activists insist that people need to drastically reduce their consumption of meat, especially beef, if there is to be any hope of rescuing our climate.
Producing beef consumes huge quantities of fresh water, takes up great areas of land that could otherwise be used for growing vegetables and leads to massive emissions of methane – a powerful greenhouse gas that is helping destabilize our climate.
The great benefits of livestock
But Frank Mitloehner, Professor of Animal Science Department at the University of California-Davis, disagrees with the alarmist claims made about cows and explains why in the following video:
The first big misconception, Mitloehner says, is the belief that 70% of agricultural land is being used by livestock and thus crowds out vegetable and plant-based food production. “Why not use it to grow plants directly?” Because it isn’t feasible Mitloehner explains.
Using a sheet of paper, Mitloehner demonstrates how much land is used globally for agriculture: about one third of the earth’s land surface, of which two thirds is so-called “marginal land”, i.e. land that is not suitable for growing crops and is thus best used for ruminant livestock to graze on.
Ruminants produce food on land that can’t grow crops
The advantage is that ruminants are able to convert the plants that are non-edible by humans, and thus “convert them into animal-source food,” says Mitloehner. “Without ruminant animals, we could not make use of that amount of agricultural land.”
In other words, crops cannot be grown on marginal land, but livestock can graze on it and thus produce food for us.
Ruminants important in fertilizing arable land
The remaining one third of the agricultural land is so called “arable land”, which is land that is suitable for growing crops. This is less than 3% of the earth’s total surface.
Mitloehner reminds that the arable land needs to be fertilized, and that half of this fertilizer is organic manure coming from the ruminants on the marginal land.
Keeping livestock “precisely what needs to be done”
“If we were to forgo animal agriculture altogether, then it would effectively mean that we would throw away 70% of all agricultural land and we would have to replace all the organic fertilizer that goes on this land with chemical fertilizers, which are very carbon-intensive in their production,” says Mitloehner.
Keeping livestock on marginal land “is precisely what needs to be done,” he says.
Methane overstated by a factor of 4!
Mitloehner is not alone in contradicting claims that cows have a huge impact on climate change.
Leading climate scientist, Myles Allen “believes the effect of cattle on climate change has been overstated,” reports The Vancouver Sun here. “The traditional way of accounting for methane emissions from cows overstates the impact of a steady herd by a factor of four,” says Allen.
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notrickszone--2020-12-16--Huge Success! German Draft Bill Provision Deeming Green Energies A Matter Of ‘Public Safety’ Gets De

Huge Success! German Draft Bill Provision Deeming Green Energies A Matter Of ‘Public Safety’ Gets Deleted!

A huge success has been achieved for nature and species conservation in Germany , reports the Naturschutzinitiative e.V .
( NI ) .
This means installing wind parks in nature-sensitive areas will remain extremely difficult .
Red kites will now be less threatened – photo : Ingo Kühl/NI The notorious § 1 paragraph 5 EEG 2021 ( Wind energy is in the “ public interest ” and serves the “ public safety ” ) will be deleted from the proposed German bill !
Not long ago I wrote about how the German government wanted to make the use of renewable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and thus threatened to make the permitting of wind parks in nature sensitive areas almost free of obstacles .
The draft of a new German Renewable Energy Sources Act , stated : “ The use of renewable energies for electricity generation is in the public interest and serves public security.
” But this has now been rejected .
A study commissioned by the Naturschutzinitiative e.V .
( NI ) commissioned expert opinion by Prof. Dr. Gellermann as well as the ad campaign by the NI “ STOP THE EEG ” have contributed significantly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power-related killing of European birds may currently not be permitted on the basis of § 45 para .
7 p. 1 No .
5 BNatSchG for reasons of EU law .
Exceptions to the prohibition of killing can also not be based on § 45 para .
7 p. 1 No .
4 BNatSchG ( ‘ public safety ’ ) in favor of wind power use , because wind turbines do not meet the requirements of these Union-based provisions , ” was the conclusion reached by the legal expert opinion of university lecturer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gellermann on behalf of the environmental association Naturschutzinitiative e.V .
( NI ) .

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A huge success has been achieved for nature and species conservation in Germany, reports the Naturschutzinitiative e.V. (NI). This means installing wind parks in nature-sensitive areas will remain extremely difficult.
RESULT: Endangered species and biotopes will remain protected.
Red kites will now be less threatened – photo: Ingo Kühl/NI
The notorious § 1 paragraph 5 EEG 2021 (Wind energy is in the “public interest” and serves the “public safety”) will be deleted from the proposed German bill!
Not long ago I wrote about how the German government wanted to make the use of renewable energies a question of national security, and thus threatened to make the permitting of wind parks in nature sensitive areas almost free of obstacles.
The draft of a new German Renewable Energy Sources Act, stated: “The use of renewable energies for electricity generation is in the public interest and serves public security.”
But this has now been rejected.
A study commissioned by the Naturschutzinitiative e.V. (NI) commissioned expert opinion by Prof. Dr. Gellermann as well as the ad campaign by the NI “STOP THE EEG” have contributed significantly to this success.
“The wind power-related killing of European birds may currently not be permitted on the basis of § 45 para. 7 p. 1 No. 5 BNatSchG for reasons of EU law. Exceptions to the prohibition of killing can also not be based on § 45 para. 7 p. 1 No. 4 BNatSchG (‘public safety’) in favor of wind power use, because wind turbines do not meet the requirements of these Union-based provisions,” was the conclusion reached by the legal expert opinion of university lecturer and lawyer apl. Prof. Dr. Martin Gellermann on behalf of the environmental association Naturschutzinitiative e.V. (NI).
Story also at Die Welt.
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notrickszone--2020-12-17--New Research Shows The Oceans Can ‘Spontaneously’ Warm 8°C In Under 100 Years ‘Without External Trig

New Research Shows The Oceans Can ‘Spontaneously’ Warm 8°C In Under 100 Years ‘Without External Trigger’

Scientists are increasingly finding that abrupt , decadal-scale temperature changes of multiple degrees Celsius can arise unforced and spontaneously .
The surface temperatures for the Greenland ice sheet have been known to warm 8 to 16°C “ within decades or less ” – yes , fewer than 10 years – due to “ unforced oscillations.
” In other words , no external forcing mechanism is required for these abrupt warming events ( Li and Born , 2019 ) .
Scientists ( Gomes et al.
, 2020 ) examined the sea surface temperatures ( SSTs ) off the coasts of Lisbon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ addition to finding the SSTs were 5°C warmer ( 19.7°C vs. 14.6°C ) about 11,000 years ago compared to the last millennium , they record a “ sudden warming episode ( in < 100 years ) , of ~8 °C ” for this region .
That ’ s a warming of nearly 1°C per decade .
Modern summer sea surface temperatures in the Western North Pacific average 16°C ( 15-17°C ) ( Davis et al.
, 2020 ) .
Proxy evidence indicates peak SSTs reached 20-23°C ~8000 to ~6000 yrs ago , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or two during the Early Holocene .
Another new study finds Iceland was ~2°C warmer and the Arctic region had much less sea ice as recently as ~1400 to 1000 years ago ( Miles et al.
, 2020 ) .
What ’ s most interesting is that in the last 1400 years the Arctic experienced marked climate changes ( ~1.5°C in decades ) that may have occurred “ spontaneously , ” or without requiring “ an external trigger ” .
In other words , these warming events may arise due to unforced natural @ @ @ @ @ @ @ magnitudes can and do occur without an external forcing mechanism , there is little reason to assume that the much more modest changes in SSTs in the last century fall outside the range of internal variability either .

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Scientists are increasingly finding that abrupt, decadal-scale temperature changes of multiple degrees Celsius can arise unforced and spontaneously.
The surface temperatures for the Greenland ice sheet have been known to warm 8 to 16°C “within decades or less” – yes, fewer than 10 years – due to “unforced oscillations.” In other words, no external forcing mechanism is required for these abrupt warming events (Li and Born, 2019).
Scientists (Gomes et al., 2020) examined the sea surface temperatures (SSTs) off the coasts of Lisbon in a newly published study. In addition to finding the SSTs were 5°C warmer (19.7°C vs. 14.6°C) about 11,000 years ago compared to the last millennium, they record a “sudden warming episode (in <100 years), of ~8 °C” for this region. That’s a warming of nearly 1°C per decade.
Modern summer sea surface temperatures in the Western North Pacific average 16°C (15-17°C) (Davis et al., 2020). Proxy evidence indicates peak SSTs reached 20-23°C ~8000 to ~6000 yrs ago, and SSTs twice warmed 4-5°C in a century or two during the Early Holocene.
Image Source: Davis et al., 2020 Another new study finds Iceland was ~2°C warmer and the Arctic region had much less sea ice as recently as ~1400 to 1000 years ago (Miles et al., 2020). What’s most interesting is that in the last 1400 years the Arctic experienced marked climate changes (~1.5°C in decades) that may have occurred “spontaneously,” or without requiring “an external trigger”. In other words, these warming events may arise due to unforced natural variability. If climate changes of these magnitudes can and do occur without an external forcing mechanism, there is little reason to assume that the much more modest changes in SSTs in the last century fall outside the range of internal variability either. Image Source: Miles et al., 2020 Donate - choose an amount
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notrickszone--2020-12-18--Dozens Of Scientists Reveal Most Of The Planet Is COLDER TODAY Than Most Of Past 8000 Years

Undisputed temperature reconstructions from around the world show the planet was much warmer over most of the Holocene ( past @ @ @ @ @ is today .
Kenneth recently wrote how a wealth of new research in glacier and @ @ @ @ @ Iceland is 2-4°C colder than all of the last 8000 years .
Only the late @ @ @ @ @ .

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Undisputed temperature reconstructions from around the world show the planet was much warmer over most of the Holocene (past 10,000 years) than it is today.
Kenneth recently wrote how a wealth of new research in glacier and sea ice extent show modern Iceland is 2-4°C colder than all of the last 8000 years. Only the late 19th century was slightly colder.


notrickszone--2020-12-19--German Measurement Expert Joins Nobel Laureate Ivar Giaever: “AGW Science Is Pseudoscience”!

A German expert joins renowned physicists in pointing out that the climate data harbor far too much uncertainty and that conclusions drawn from such data are “ pseudoscience ” .
At geologist Dr. Sebastian Lüning ’ s Die kalte Sonne here , Dr. Andreas Karl presents an essay on the reliability of the modern temperature record ( 1850-2020 ) based on recorded measurements .
It is a fact that land surface temperature records going back before 1900 globally are very few and sparse .
Worldwide there are only 116 stations Version 3 , unadjusted datasets going back to January 1880 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ USA ( northern hemisphere ) .
The temporal development of temperature measurement stations distributed over the earth over a period of 100 years , 1885-1985 .
Source : Energy & Environment · Vol .
22 , No .
4 , 2011 ; Pat Frank “ Imposed and Neglected Uncertainty in the Global Average Surface ” .
In 1880 it was just 116 stations for measuring the earth ’ s 510.1 million km² .
Obviously the data are nowhere near sufficient to allow any conclusions having any degree of certainty .
In his essay @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how the whole discussion about “ climate change ” and “ global warming ” is based on the temperature data of the last 170 years , i.e .
the start of the Industrial Revolution .
How reliable are the worldwide directly measured data of the last 170 years ?
Not very reliable at all , Karl concludes , citing renowned physicists like Freeman Dyson , and agrees with highly respected Norwegian-American physicist and Nobel Prize winner Ivar Giaever , who called climate science “ a pseudo-science ” .
The basis of all arguments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scientists and climate alarmists is the available worldwide average temperatures since 1850 .
The time at the beginning of industrialization is , so to speak , viewed as the “ absolute zero point ” for the temperature development on our earth .
This reference point was chosen because from that point on mankind contributed relevantly to the increase of the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere .
The so-called anthropogenic CO2 contribution .
But what is the use of having strong walls , massive ceilings and a solid roof if the foundation of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fact is , the available temperature data ( foundation ) are subject to error .
The magnitude of error is in a range where referencing this data makes no scientific sense .
All the efforts of climate scientists with their increasingly powerful large computers will not improve the simulations of the future of the earth ’ s climate .
The data base is poor , the knowledge of the highly complex climate still low ( Freeman Dyson ) .
Therefore , climate science , which focuses solely on the effect of anthropogenic CO2 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] Ivar Giaever , The Strange Case of Global Warming , 2012 in Lindau ( DE ) https : //www.mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org/videos/31259/the-strange-case-of-global-warming-2012 [ 3 ] Energy & Environment · Vol .
21 , No .
8 , 2010 ; Pat Frank ; Uncertainty in the global average surface air temperature index : representative lower limit [ 4 ] Energy & Environment · Energy & Environment · Vol .
22 , No .
4 , 2011 ; Pat Frank „ Imposed and Neglected Uncertainty in the Global Average Surface

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A German expert joins renowned physicists in pointing out that the climate data harbor far too much uncertainty and that conclusions drawn from such data are “pseudoscience”.
At geologist Dr. Sebastian Lüning’s Die kalte Sonne here, Dr. Andreas Karl presents an essay on the reliability of the modern temperature record (1850-2020) based on recorded measurements.
1880: 1 dataset per 3 million sq km
It is a fact that land surface temperature records going back before 1900 globally are very few and sparse. Worldwide there are only 116 stations Version 3, unadjusted datasets going back to January 1880 – most of them are located in USA (northern hemisphere).
The temporal development of temperature measurement stations distributed over the earth over a period of 100 years, 1885-1985. Source: Energy & Environment · Vol. 22, No. 4, 2011; Pat Frank “Imposed and Neglected Uncertainty in the Global Average Surface”.
In 1880 it was just 116 stations for measuring the earth’s 510.1 million km². Obviously the data are nowhere near sufficient to allow any conclusions having any degree of certainty.
In his essay, Karl examines the available database and how the whole discussion about “climate change” and “global warming” is based on the temperature data of the last 170 years, i.e. the start of the Industrial Revolution.
How reliable are the worldwide directly measured data of the last 170 years? Not very reliable at all, Karl concludes, citing renowned physicists like Freeman Dyson, and agrees with highly respected Norwegian-American physicist and Nobel Prize winner Ivar Giaever, who called climate science “a pseudo-science”.
In his essay Karl concludes:
The basis of all arguments and conclusions of the IPCC, climate scientists and climate alarmists is the available worldwide average temperatures since 1850. The time at the beginning of industrialization is, so to speak, viewed as the “absolute zero point” for the temperature development on our earth. This reference point was chosen because from that point on mankind contributed relevantly to the increase of the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere. The so-called anthropogenic CO2 contribution. But what is the use of having strong walls, massive ceilings and a solid roof if the foundation of a building is designed too weak? The fact is, the available temperature data (foundation) are subject to error. The magnitude of error is in a range where referencing this data makes no scientific sense. All the efforts of climate scientists with their increasingly powerful large computers will not improve the simulations of the future of the earth’s climate. The data base is poor, the knowledge of the highly complex climate still low (Freeman Dyson). Therefore, climate science, which focuses solely on the effect of anthropogenic CO2, remains a pseudo-science.”
References:
[1] Ivar Giaever, The Strange Case of Global Warming, 2012 in Lindau (DE)
https://www.mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org/videos/31259/the-strange-case-of-global-warming-2012
[2] Ivar Giaever, Global Warming Revisited, 2015 in Lindau (DE)
https://www.mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org/videos/31259/the-strange-case-of-global-warming-2012
[3] Energy & Environment · Vol. 21, No. 8, 2010; Pat Frank; Uncertainty in the global average surface
air temperature index: representative lower limit
[4] Energy & Environment · Energy & Environment · Vol. 22, No. 4, 2011; Pat Frank „Imposed and
Neglected Uncertainty in the Global Average Surface
[5] Patricia Adams in GWPF, 2020 https://www.thegwpf.org/content/uploads/2020/12/Green-reds.pdf?utm_source=CCNet+Newsletter&utm_campaign=ac7e32fda3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_12_11_10_30_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fe4b2f45ef-ac7e32fda3-36485917&mc_cid=ac7e32fda3&mc_eid=a769d95777
[6] https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/carbon-dioxide-fertilization-greening-earth
[7] Metoffice: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcrut3/diagnostics/comparison.html
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notrickszone--2020-12-20--Canada, Iceland November Mean Temperatures Cooling…Sweden Temperatures 200 Years Unchanged

Climate Unchange has Greta pulling her hair out…nothing really to be alarmed about .
First we start by noting how Greta Thunberg has been obsessed with the climate of the globe and that of her home Sweden .
She claims it is changing dangerously fast and how this is supposedly unprecedented .
But a recent paper shows this is in fact all false , at least in Sweden , hat-tip Wei Zhang at Twitter .
The authors of the paper found that Sweden ’ s temperatures in reality have not at all changed over the past 200 years .
Today @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the range of variability .
It ’ s a bit sad how Greta has dedicated her life to fighting for a false cause .
What a waste .
But she ’ s young , and hopefully someday she ’ ll wake up to the hoax and realize she ’ s being used .
Right now parts of the globe are experiencing an old-fashioned 1960s type of winter , with record snowfalls .
More on this are IceAgeNow .
Also record snow has fallen in northern Italy .
Next we look at November mean @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Meteorological Agency ( JMA ) trends for stations with data going back to the 1990s .
First Canada : As the trends show , 5 of the 9 stations show a cooling trend for November , meaning winter is arriving a bit earlier .
There ’ s nothing troubling happening here and certainly nothing to get alarmed about .
Greta is all hysterical about nothing .
Global warming doomsday-sayers also like trying to fool people about the climate in Iceland .
So let ’ s look at the JMA data for the stations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s happening there : Two of 3 stations in Iceland have been cooling modestly , and one has warmed slightly .
Note the wide fluctuations , which likely are in large part dependent on natural Atlantic oceanic cycles .
Iceland summers have cooled since the early Holocene Now a final note on Iceland and its glaciers .
It turns out that according to sedimentological analyses conducted by authors of the below publication , early summer Holocene temperatures had to have been approximately 3°C warmer than in the late 20th century !
A bit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it tells us not to worry about all the doomsday hollering by Greta and Co .

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Climate Unchange has Greta pulling her hair out…nothing really to be alarmed about
By Kirye and Pierre
First we start by noting how Greta Thunberg has been obsessed with the climate of the globe and that of her home Sweden. She claims it is changing dangerously fast and how this is supposedly unprecedented.
But a recent paper shows this is in fact all false, at least in Sweden, hat-tip Wei Zhang at Twitter.
New study: No warming at all in Sweden for the last 200 years. That has some people pulling their hair out.https://t.co/WADquzO4LV pic.twitter.com/ZN7du0yFTF — Wei . Zhang (@WeiZhangAtmos) December 19, 2020
The authors of the paper found that Sweden’s temperatures in reality have not at all changed over the past 200 years.
Today’s Swedish climate is well within the range of variability. It’s a bit sad how Greta has dedicated her life to fighting for a false cause. What a waste. But she’s young, and hopefully someday she’ll wake up to the hoax and realize she’s being used.
Record, 1960s-like snowfalls
Right now parts of the globe are experiencing an old-fashioned 1960s type of winter, with record snowfalls. More on this are IceAgeNow. Also record snow has fallen in northern Italy.
Winter arriving a little earlier
Next we look at November mean temperatures for Canada and Iceland using Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) trends for stations with data going back to the 1990s. First Canada:
Data: JMA here.
As the trends show, 5 of the 9 stations show a cooling trend for November, meaning winter is arriving a bit earlier. There’s nothing troubling happening here and certainly nothing to get alarmed about. Greta is all hysterical about nothing.
Iceland
Global warming doomsday-sayers also like trying to fool people about the climate in Iceland. So let’s look at the JMA data for the stations with sufficient data to see what’s happening there:
Data source: JMA
Two of 3 stations in Iceland have been cooling modestly, and one has warmed slightly. Note the wide fluctuations, which likely are in large part dependent on natural Atlantic oceanic cycles.
Iceland summers have cooled since the early Holocene
Now a final note on Iceland and its glaciers.
It turns out that according to sedimentological analyses conducted by authors of the below publication, early summer Holocene temperatures had to have been approximately 3°C warmer than in the late 20th century!
A bit of a mixed bag today, but it tells us not to worry about all the doomsday hollering by Greta and Co.
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notrickszone--2020-12-21--Alarmism Dies In The Maldives: 97% Of 186 Island Coasts Have Grown (59%) Or Not Changed (38%) Since

Alarmism Dies In The Maldives: 97% Of 186 Island Coasts Have Grown (59%) Or Not Changed (38%) Since 2005

Despite sea level rise , a 2019 global analysis ( ) found 89 % of 709 island coasts have been either stable or growing in size in recent decades .
A new Maldives-only study ( ) finds rapid ( > 3 to > 50 % ) coastal growth in 110 of 186 Maldives islands from 2005 to 2016 .
Just 5 islands – 2.7 % – actually contracted in size during this period .
Last year Dr. Virginie Duvat published a global assessment of how the Earth ’ s islands and atolls are faring against the ongoing challenge of sea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 1980s .
Fortunately she found “ no widespread sign of physical destabilization in the face of sea-level rise.
” In fact , a ) none of the 30 atolls analyzed lost land area , b ) 88.6 % of the 709 islands studied were either stable or increased in area , c ) no island larger than 10 hectare ( ha ) decreased in size , and d ) only 4 of 334 islands ( 1.2 % ) larger than 5 ha had decreased in size .
This year Dr. Duvat has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ region characterized as one of the most vulnerable to sea level rise perturbation .
About 80 % of the islands are less than 1 meter ( m ) above sea level .
Considering the Maldives population ( > 400,000 ) has been doubling every 25 years since the 1960s and nearly 1.3 million tourists visit many of the 188 inhabited islands every year , the Maldives islands are critical to ongoing assessment of the effects of modern sea level change .
And , fortunately , like it has for the rest of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well .
Due significantly to human ingenuity – engineering feats such as island raising , artificially expanding island areas , and “ armoring ” shorelines – most of the Maldives have actually expanded in size in recent decades .
Since 2005 , 110 ( 59.1 % ) of the 186 islands studied grew by ≥3 % .
Of those 110 expanding islands , 57 grew by ≥10 % and 19 grew by ≥50 % ( Duvat , 2020 ) .
Again , that ’ s just in the last decade .
Of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ size , 38.2 % ( 71 islands ) were classified as stable ( defined as neither growing or contracting by more than 3 % ) .
This leaves only 5 islands out of 186 ( 2.7 % ) that decreased in size since the 1980s .
Put another way , 97.3 % of Maldives islands have been either stable or growing in size since 2005 .
Another new study ( Kench et al.
, 2020 ) helpfully presents the long-term context of Holocene sea level for the Maldives .
We find that islands @ @ @ @ @ @ @ submerged beneath seawater as recently as 3,000 years ago .
From about 4,000 to 2,000 years ago , Maldives sea levels were about 0.5 m above where they are today .
Natural oscillations of ~0.8 m in a few centuries have occurred in the last few thousand years , including dips during the Late Antique Little Ice Age ( ~1600 years ago ) and Little Ice Age ( ~400 years ago ) .
Modern sea level changes do not appear to fall outside the range of natural variability .

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Despite sea level rise, a 2019 global analysis ( Duvat, 2019 ) found 89% of 709 island coasts have been either stable or growing in size in recent decades. A new Maldives-only study ( Duvat, 2020
Last year Dr. Virginie Duvat published a global assessment of how the Earth’s islands and atolls are faring against the ongoing challenge of sea level rise since satellite monitoring began in the 1980s.
Fortunately she found “no widespread sign of physical destabilization in the face of sea-level rise.” In fact, a) none of the 30 atolls analyzed lost land area, b) 88.6% of the 709 islands studied were either stable or increased in area, c) no island larger than 10 hectare (ha) decreased in size, and d) only 4 of 334 islands (1.2%) larger than 5 ha had decreased in size.
This year Dr. Duvat has focused on the Maldives islands, a region characterized as one of the most vulnerable to sea level rise perturbation. About 80% of the islands are less than 1 meter (m) above sea level.
Considering the Maldives population (>400,000) has been doubling every 25 years since the 1960s and nearly 1.3 million tourists visit many of the 188 inhabited islands every year, the Maldives islands are critical to ongoing assessment of the effects of modern sea level change.
And, fortunately, like it has for the rest of the globe, the Maldives are faring quite well.
Due significantly to human ingenuity – engineering feats such as island raising, artificially expanding island areas, and “armoring” shorelines – most of the Maldives have actually expanded in size in recent decades.
Since 2005, 110 (59.1%) of the 186 islands studied grew by ≥3%. Of those 110 expanding islands, 57 grew by ≥10% and 19 grew by ≥50% (Duvat, 2020). Again, that’s just in the last decade.
Of the islands that didn’t expand in size, 38.2% (71 islands) were classified as stable (defined as neither growing or contracting by more than 3%). This leaves only 5 islands out of 186 (2.7%) that decreased in size since the 1980s.
Put another way, 97.3% of Maldives islands have been either stable or growing in size since 2005.
Another new study (Kench et al., 2020) helpfully presents the long-term context of Holocene sea level for the Maldives. We find that islands that are above sea level today were submerged beneath seawater as recently as 3,000 years ago.
From about 4,000 to 2,000 years ago, Maldives sea levels were about 0.5 m above where they are today. Natural oscillations of ~0.8 m in a few centuries have occurred in the last few thousand years, including dips during the Late Antique Little Ice Age (~1600 years ago) and Little Ice Age (~400 years ago).
Modern sea level changes do not appear to fall outside the range of natural variability.
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notrickszone--2020-12-22--Thanks To NTZ Readers! In 2021 We Face Censorship, And A Very Challenging Climate-Policy Year

Deep thanks to all NTZ readers for your loyalty and support !
Now we look forward to 2021 and our aim will be to continue presenting many peer-reviewed literature and reports that show all the talk about serious AGW is a lot of hysteria and a hoax .
NTZ delivers scientific climate publications like few other blogs And for this we thank Kenneth Richard for his indefatigable efforts in digging up these often ignored peer-reviewed , non-alarmist publications on a weekly basis .
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Yet, I’m confident that these anti-democratic efforts to suppress these non-alarmist papers, science and rational voices are ultimately going to backfire. It’s our job to make sure they do.
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Also we thank Japanese blogger Kirye for her regular valuable contributions to this blog in presenting charts made from untampered JMA data. Even though she recently moved to Wyoming and joined Tony Heller’s Real Climate Science, she will continue to contribute regularly here in the future. 🙂
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notrickszone--2020-12-23--Spiegel Article By Stefan Rahmstorf Has “Nothing In The Least To Do With Science”…”Embarrassing”

The world is going underwater ?
…Really ?
“ Der Spiegel ” has an in-house columnist on climate issues : Stefan Rahmstorf from PIK Potsdam .
His latest prank : “ Why the sea level is rising faster and faster “ .
He writes in the introduction , citing data : We want to check this and find something : the European data from “ Copernicus ” .
They cover the period from 1993 to March 2020 , so they are very recent .
Now we search for the trend increase claimed by Rahmstorf and calculate 5-year trends of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plotted on the abscissa : Indeed we find the trend increase : if the 5-year trends were quite accurate at 3 mm/year until 2003 , they dropped until 2011 , after which they increased to the value Rahmstorf mentioned until 2015 , but then dropped again to the just a little above the 3mm/year they already had at the beginning .
Has the long-term trend changed ?
No , From 1993 to now it is quite exactly 3 mm/year .
Does internal variability play into it , which influences the ( in terms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ set of 1993-2019 ( complete years ) in such a way that one can interpret all sorts of things into it , if one wants to ?
We find a hint where Rahmstorf linked to the data , but we have to look into the past of the website of the University of Colorado : In 2013 ( after a strong La Nina event in 2012 ) it was shown there how the sea level rise depends on La Nina and El Nino ( ENSO for short ) .
After the La Nina @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nino in 2016 , so this explains the peak in the top image .
What Rahmstorf calls a “ consequence of fossil energy use ” ( namely the trend increase of sea level rise ) in a bold subheading of his “ Spiegel ” article is in reality the consequence of natural ENSO variability ?
We can ’ t accept this from a serious oceanographer ( his job title ) .
We therefore look into peer-reviewed science and come across a very recent paper ( Iz & Shum 2020 ) in the Journal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much more meticulously than we have been able to do with the data set of satellite-based observations of sea level and find plenty of natural forcing variables that belie some acceleration in the short data set .
The authors end by advising that assessments of future trends should be “ undertaken with extreme caution.
” Rahmstorf does not do this when he later concludes , “ Houston , we have a problem.
” What follows from Rahmstorf is the ever familiar narrative : tipping points of Greenland ice , etc .
etc.. Again @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can write something like that , but it has nothing in the least to do with science .
The “ Spiegel ” should correctly mark the article of Rahmstorf as “ a citizen ’ s opinion ” because it is nothing more .
He neither reports the state of science nor shows the uncertainties of his own conclusions .

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By Die kalte Sonne
(Translated/edited, subheadings by P. Gosselin)
“Der Spiegel” has an in-house columnist on climate issues: Stefan Rahmstorf from PIK Potsdam. His latest prank: “Why the sea level is rising faster and faster“. He writes in the introduction, citing data:
The rate of rise has doubled during this period, from 2.1 to 4.8 mm per year.”
We want to check this and find something: the European data from “Copernicus”. They cover the period from 1993 to March 2020, so they are very recent. Now we search for the trend increase claimed by Rahmstorf and calculate 5-year trends of the global measured values up to the year plotted on the abscissa:
Fact: No long term trend change
Indeed we find the trend increase: if the 5-year trends were quite accurate at 3 mm/year until 2003, they dropped until 2011, after which they increased to the value Rahmstorf mentioned until 2015, but then dropped again to the just a little above the 3mm/year they already had at the beginning.
Has the long-term trend changed? No, From 1993 to now it is quite exactly 3 mm/year.
Rahmstorf shady use of statistics
Does internal variability play into it, which influences the (in terms of climate) still rather short data set of 1993-2019 (complete years) in such a way that one can interpret all sorts of things into it, if one wants to?
We find a hint where Rahmstorf linked to the data, but we have to look into the past of the website of the University of Colorado:
No serious oceanographer
In 2013 (after a strong La Nina event in 2012) it was shown there how the sea level rise depends on La Nina and El Nino (ENSO for short).
After the La Nina in 2012, there was an El Nino in 2016, so this explains the peak in the top image. What Rahmstorf calls a “consequence of fossil energy use” (namely the trend increase of sea level rise) in a bold subheading of his “Spiegel” article is in reality the consequence of natural ENSO variability? We can’t accept this from a serious oceanographer (his job title).
New peer reviewed paper contradicts Rahmtorf
We therefore look into peer-reviewed science and come across a very recent paper (Iz & Shum 2020) in the Journal of Geodetic Science. The authors examine much more meticulously than we have been able to do with the data set of satellite-based observations of sea level and find plenty of natural forcing variables that belie some acceleration in the short data set.
The authors end by advising that assessments of future trends should be “undertaken with extreme caution.”
Rahmstorf does not do this when he later concludes, “Houston, we have a problem.” What follows from Rahmstorf is the ever familiar narrative: tipping points of Greenland ice, etc. etc.. Again he ends with the well-known:
The next two decades will determine how many island nations will sink and how many coastal cities will be flooded.”
You can write something like that, but it has nothing in the least to do with science.
Sloppy journalism by Spiegel? “Embarrassing”
The “Spiegel” should correctly mark the article of Rahmstorf as “a citizen’s opinion” because it is nothing more. He neither reports the state of science nor shows the uncertainties of his own conclusions.
Embarrassing for an oceanographer.
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notrickszone--2020-12-24--New Climate Models (CMIP6) Offer No Improvement, Model Discrepancies As Large As The Last Version (C

New Climate Models (CMIP6) Offer No Improvement, Model Discrepancies As Large As The Last Version (CMIP5)

The “ unsatisfactorily large ” magnitude of the discrepancies between models in estimating the various radiative contributions to Earth ’ s energy imbalance serves to undermine confidence that CO2 ’ s small impact could even be detected amid all the uncertainty .
Scientists have engaged in offering their educated guesses , or estimates , of cloud radiative effects for decades .
In the latest models , CMIP6 , the top of atmosphere ( TOA ) net cloud radiative effects ( CRE ) when considering clouds ’ longwave and shortwave combined impact is somewhere between -17 W/m² and -31 W/m² ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s a 24 W/m² spread in CRE modeling .
The discrepancy range between modeled estimates for downward longwave clear-sky radiation is 22.5 W/m² .
This is the component where CO2 ’ s underwhelming 0.2 W/m² per decade impact ( Feldman et al.
, 2015 ) is manifested .
Modeling discrepancies are thus more than 100 times larger than CO2 ’ s forcing contribution over a 10-year period .
Dr. Wild further reports that there is a generalized 10-20 W/m² magnitude modeling discrepancy in the “ global energy balance components ” estimates , such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) .
These spreads in climate modeling are referred to as “ unsatisfactorily large ” and they may preclude accurate representation of the global energy cycle and water cycle .
“ The substantial inter-model spread of 18 Wm−2 in the simulated global mean surface latent heat flux further points to considerable discrepancies not only in the representation of the global energy cycle , but also of the global water cycle in the CMIP6 models.
” So , unfortunately , no real model improvements to energy budget estimates have been realized over the course @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have generally not decreased from the previous model generation CMIP5 to the latest model generation CMIP6 .
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The “unsatisfactorily large” magnitude of the discrepancies between models in estimating the various radiative contributions to Earth’s energy imbalance serves to undermine confidence that CO2’s small impact could even be detected amid all the uncertainty.
Scientists have engaged in offering their educated guesses, or estimates, of cloud radiative effects for decades.
In the latest models, CMIP6, the top of atmosphere (TOA) net cloud radiative effects (CRE) when considering clouds’ longwave and shortwave combined impact is somewhere between -17 W/m² and -31 W/m² (Wild, 2020). That’s a 14 W/m² spread in CRE modeling.
The discrepancy range between modeled estimates for downward longwave clear-sky radiation is 22.5 W/m². This is the component where CO2’s underwhelming 0.2 W/m² per decade impact (Feldman et al., 2015) is manifested. Modeling discrepancies are thus more than 100 times larger than CO2’s forcing contribution over a 10-year period.
Dr. Wild further reports that there is a generalized 10-20 W/m² magnitude modeling discrepancy in the “global energy balance components” estimates, such as latent heat flux (18 W/m²). These spreads in climate modeling are referred to as “unsatisfactorily large” and they may preclude accurate representation of the global energy cycle and water cycle.
“The substantial inter-model spread of 18 Wm−2 in the simulated global mean surface latent heat flux further points to considerable discrepancies not only in the representation of the global energy cycle, but also of the global water cycle in the CMIP6 models.”
So, unfortunately, no real model improvements to energy budget estimates have been realized over the course of decades.
“All these discrepancies have generally not decreased from the previous model generation CMIP5 to the latest model generation CMIP6.”
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notrickszone--2020-12-25--Stuttgart Air Quality Measurements Show Diesel Engine Bans Have Had No Impact!

With a Corona lockdown in Stuttgart and diesel engine bans , one would think the fewer diesel cars on the streets would lead to less air pollutants .
But far from it !
Air measurement values remain unchanged through the significantly reduced traffic volume !
The article first appeared at TE here , hat-tip EIKE .
( Translated/edited by P. Gosselin ) Diesel car driving bans together with the reduced car traffic caused by the lockdown have shown to have had no effect on the values provided by air measuring stations .
The diagrams for nitrogen dioxide of the past @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 40 and 50 µg/m3 .
Germany ’ s most famous measuring station , the Stuttgarter Tal Am Neckartor , showed a nitrogen particulates concentration of 44 µg/m3 at 10 a.m. on Dec. 21st .
Similarly , NO2 emissions at the monitoring station in Bad Cannstatt fluctuated about 40 µg/m3 .
Incidentally , the 12-month mean value there is given as 23 µg/m3 , i.e .
well below the applicable limit values : 40 µg/m3 for the annual average , 80 µg/m3 for indoor areas , and as much as 950 µg/m3 at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at 100 µg/m3 , limits are even more than twice as high as on German roads .
Daily NO2 particulates measurements at Stuttgart Am Neckartor .
Values fluctuated about 50 µg/m3 , well below the 200 µg/m3 limit .
This is also the result reached by measurement specialist Martin Schraag , who has also compared the values with the reduced traffic flow .
He summarizes : “ The daily pattern of the traffic measuring points Am Neckartor and Pragstraße has practically not changed since the lockdown started ” on December 16th .
At @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Pragsattel , the peak occurred on Dec. 18 at 5 p.m. after the lockdown had started .
Otherwise , we see values fluctuating around 40 µg/m³ here as well , with typical maxima occurring at 5 p.m. ” Schraag comments on the far-reaching driving bans in Stuttgart : In addition to the lockdown , Stuttgart has probably the most extensive driving bans in German cities : diesel vehicles of the Euro 3 and 4 standard have not been allowed to enter the capital of Baden-Württemberg since January 1 , 2019 .
Affected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some particularly busy streets in the city center as in other cities , the ban zone extends to Kornwestheim , Gerlingen and applies to the suburbs , which are located up on the Fildern – rather rural areas with lesser development .
Even new Euro-5 diesels have been banned from downtown Stuttgart since July 1 , 2020 .
The reason for the bans given by Baden-Württemberg ’ s Transport Minister Winfried Herrmann ( Green Party ) was that the underlying calculation models were very good .
He also used the not particularly accurate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recorders – a continuously measuring station had only existed there since October – and a computed projection for the year 2021 as justification for barring Euro-5 diesel from Stuttgart .
In doing so , he ignored the fact that the new Rosenstein Tunnel would transfer considerable traffic flows underground from 2021 onwards and would make a significant contribution to relieving traffic on the Pragstrasse .
The city of Stuttgart had even described this in its clean air plan some time ago .
Forcing drivers out of their cars The head of the Deutsche @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Association ) and frequent flyer Jürgen Resch has also been overrunning Stuttgart with lawsuits because the extremely low limit values were being exceeded .
Only driving bans for diesel vehicles could lower the values and save human lives , he argued .
And the administrative judges waved such lawsuits through .
The economic consequences in the city have been dramatic .
Car owners have had to sell off their three or four-year-old cars .
Many of which are now being driven in countries in Eastern Europe .
So after this fundamental fight against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was invented , one would expect air quality levels in the city to have changed significantly due to the lockdown and the drastically reduced car traffic .
But that is not been the case !
The widescale “ Corona car lockdown ” test shows : Diesel cars it can not be .
Yet the diesel lie continues .
The article first appeared at TE here .

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Green lie gets exposed…
With a Corona lockdown in Stuttgart and diesel engine bans, one would think the fewer diesel cars on the streets would lead to less air pollutants. But far from it! Air measurement values remain unchanged through the significantly reduced traffic volume!
The article first appeared at TE here, hat-tip EIKE.
(Translated/edited by P. Gosselin)
Diesel car driving bans together with the reduced car traffic caused by the lockdown have shown to have had no effect on the values provided by air measuring stations.
Reduced traffic volume shows no affect
The diagrams for nitrogen dioxide of the past days show fluctuation around values of between 40 and 50 µg/m3. Germany’s most famous measuring station, the Stuttgarter Tal Am Neckartor, showed a nitrogen particulates concentration of 44 µg/m3 at 10 a.m. on Dec. 21st.
Similarly, NO2 emissions at the monitoring station in Bad Cannstatt fluctuated about 40 µg/m3. Incidentally, the 12-month mean value there is given as 23 µg/m3, i.e. well below the applicable limit values: 40 µg/m3 for the annual average, 80 µg/m3 for indoor areas, and as much as 950 µg/m3 at the workplace.
In the United States, at 100 µg/m3, limits are even more than twice as high as on German roads.
Daily NO2 particulates measurements at Stuttgart Am Neckartor. Values fluctuated about 50 µg/m3, well below the 200 µg/m3 limit.
This is also the result reached by measurement specialist Martin Schraag, who has also compared the values with the reduced traffic flow. He summarizes: “The daily pattern of the traffic measuring points Am Neckartor and Pragstraße has practically not changed since the lockdown started” on December 16th.
At Pragstraße, a long incline from Neckar to Pragsattel, the peak occurred on Dec. 18 at 5 p.m. after the lockdown had started. Otherwise, we see values fluctuating around 40 µg/m³ here as well, with typical maxima occurring at 5 p.m.”
Schraag comments on the far-reaching driving bans in Stuttgart:
It is unlikely that these values are caused by diesel cars. Even the Euro 5 class diesel cars have been banned from the small green zone of Stuttgart for months! During the lockdown in April, Euro 5 diesel cars were only banned on single routes, and control was still lax.”
Strict vehicle regulations
In addition to the lockdown, Stuttgart has probably the most extensive driving bans in German cities: diesel vehicles of the Euro 3 and 4 standard have not been allowed to enter the capital of Baden-Württemberg since January 1, 2019. Affected by the driving ban are not only some particularly busy streets in the city center as in other cities, the ban zone extends to Kornwestheim, Gerlingen and applies to the suburbs, which are located up on the Fildern – rather rural areas with lesser development. Even new Euro-5 diesels have been banned from downtown Stuttgart since July 1, 2020.
Bans based on false assumptions
The reason for the bans given by Baden-Württemberg’s Transport Minister Winfried Herrmann (Green Party) was that the underlying calculation models were very good. He also used the not particularly accurate readings at Pragstraße obtained with old passive recorders – a continuously measuring station had only existed there since October – and a computed projection for the year 2021 as justification for barring Euro-5 diesel from Stuttgart.
In doing so, he ignored the fact that the new Rosenstein Tunnel would transfer considerable traffic flows underground from 2021 onwards and would make a significant contribution to relieving traffic on the Pragstrasse. The city of Stuttgart had even described this in its clean air plan some time ago.
Forcing drivers out of their cars
The head of the Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V. (German Environmental Aid Association) and frequent flyer Jürgen Resch has also been overrunning Stuttgart with lawsuits because the extremely low limit values were being exceeded. Only driving bans for diesel vehicles could lower the values and save human lives, he argued. And the administrative judges waved such lawsuits through.
The economic consequences in the city have been dramatic. Car owners have had to sell off their three or four-year-old cars. Many of which are now being driven in countries in Eastern Europe.
No change
So after this fundamental fight against diesel in the city where the car was invented, one would expect air quality levels in the city to have changed significantly due to the lockdown and the drastically reduced car traffic.
But that is not been the case!
The widescale “Corona car lockdown” test shows: Diesel cars it cannot be. Yet the diesel lie continues.
The article first appeared at TE here.
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notrickszone--2020-12-26--Climate Of Violence: Prominent AGW Skeptic Threatened With “Baseball Bats”…”Smash Your Face”…”Bye By

Climate Of Violence: Prominent AGW Skeptic Threatened With “Baseball Bats”…”Smash Your Face”…”Bye Bye Family”

Over the recent weeks , leading AGW science skeptic Marc Morano of Climate Depot has received messages threatening him and his family with bodily injury ( or worse ) .
Copies of the criminally threatening messages have been made available to NTZ and other skeptics .
The threats of bodily injury to Mr. Morano and his family members made in the messages meet the criminal threshold in Europe , experts say .
In the first message , an e-mail sent from a fake email account on 27 November , 2020 , the sender claimed to be “ Dr .
Prof. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a “ spécialiste en modélisation du climat et des océans.
” That email included two files : 1 ) a purported UN history of Dr. Melice ( top ) and 2 ) an unfriendly appearing photo of Dr. Melice ( bottom ) : Did criminal threats aimed at prominent AGW skeptic Marc Morano come from a distinguished researcher or someone who stole his identity ?
Photo : Dr. Prof. Jean-Luc Mélice .
It is unclear whether the criminal threat came from Dr. Melice himself or more likely from someone who had stolen his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from Melice , then he really needs to be concerned about another malicious party stealing his identity and using it to conduct criminal activity .
Among ethnic insults and slurs written in the November 27 email , the author also wrote ( excerpt , emphasis added ) : You must must remember me…if your brain is not completely fucked… ” I am going to write you in french , remember that french is the language of every educated gentleman… which is not your case.
” You are getting very old now , your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like the Donnie the con , the orange agent.
” In fact , you are typically an old mafiosi-type italian immigant.
” Of course , you have no scientific training , your brain is to small to understand science , your IQ is under 100 ( I have that information ) ” My scientist friends here in France welcoming you … with a baseball bat.…Funny , we are all waiting for you if you have the stupid idea to travel to Europe ” … I am a NASA expert and travel many times @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your kids and of of yourself .
So , try to be very careful ... ” Donnie the don is terminated , this will be he case with yourself and the oil industry… ” As the text indicates , the author of the threatening email masters the French language , but not so much the English language , so it was indeed likely written by a native French speaker .
In a subsequent email sent a day later , on November 28 , the same author added yet more ethnic hate slurs , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were ( excerpts ) : The origin of your name comes from Calabria in Italy…lots of mafiosi over there !
!
!
” Morano in Spanish means north African nigger .
I now understand your complex of inferiority , and your ugly face .
Indeed , you are not of WASP origin.
” Note that I was living in the USA during the Kennedy time .
I remember very well the 3 dark days after he was shot by a fucking moron as yourself .
At that time , I was in an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not anti-science as they are now.
” Besides aSouth African nationality , I have also an US passport.
” Please also that I have worked as a diplomat , besides being a super top scientist.
” I would love to be in front of you during a FOX interview .
I would destroy you in a few seconds… ” Remember , we are following you , and are very keen to smash your ugly obese face with a baseball bat.
” Just fokoff … as we say in afrikaans… ” Again to remind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a 3rd party who is using Dr. Melice ’ s identity to conduct his criminal threats .
Don ’ t assume anything !
Coincidentally , Dr. Melice does appear to have a history of making aggressive and angry comments directed at skeptics of AGW science .
The whole affair needs to be cleared up .
The real person behind the threats and potential identity misuse needs to be dealt with legally .
In Europe such vicious threats are criminal acts .
Then just two days ago , on December 24th , Marc Morano @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but this time by a person not providing any identity .
In that text message the author wrote : The tone and hate level are similar to that seen in the earlier emails of November 27 and November 28 , but it is impossible to determine if it originated from the same author .
When asked if such graphic threats have been increasing , Mr. Morano replied by email : “ Yes .
They are increasing .
My books and movies and Congressional testimony have increased the flow.
” Earlier in 2019 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ delivered to his home address by regular post , postmarked Eureka , California .
That letter blamed skeptics like Morano for the Arkansas River flooding .
It contained : Real threats , or not to be taken seriously ?
It would be very easy to dismiss these threatening messages as something coming from a sick-minded coward , a bitter person in a basement , hopelessly engulfed by hatred .
Yet on the other hand , they also show us the person making the threats is mentally unstable , perhaps unpredictable , and so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a real danger .
One thing is clear : sending someone such messages is a criminal offence in Europe .
Anyone receiving such terrible threats needs to take them to the responsible authorities for investigation .
It ’ s wrong for people to steal identities and/or to criminally act in this way .
We have multiple potential victims here : Marc Morano , his family , his colleagues , science free speech and even the researcher who maybe had his identity stolen and used to conduct criminal acts .

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NOTE: The term e-mail “account” has been changed to email “address”, as some readers have pointed out the two are not the same.
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Over the recent weeks, leading AGW science skeptic Marc Morano of Climate Depot has received messages threatening him and his family with bodily injury (or worse).
WARNING: PROFANE LANGUAGE!
Copies of the criminally threatening messages have been made available to NTZ and other skeptics. The threats of bodily injury to Mr. Morano and his family members made in the messages meet the criminal threshold in Europe, experts say.
Thanksgiving threats
In the first message, an e-mail sent from a fake email address on 27 November, 2020, the sender claimed to be “Dr. Prof. Jean-Luc Edouard Germain Michel Mélice”, a “spécialiste en modélisation du climat et des océans.” That email included two files: 1) a purported UN history of Dr. Melice (top) and 2) an unfriendly appearing photo of Dr. Melice (bottom):
Did criminal threats aimed at prominent AGW skeptic Marc Morano come from a distinguished researcher or someone who stole his identity? Photo: Dr. Prof. Jean-Luc Mélice.
Stolen identity?
It is unclear whether the criminal threat came from Dr. Melice himself or more likely from someone who had stolen his identity. If it did not come from Melice, then he really needs to be concerned about another malicious party stealing his identity and using it to conduct criminal activity.
Among ethnic insults and slurs written in the November 27 email, the author also wrote (excerpt, emphasis added):
You must must remember me…if your brain is not completely fucked…” I am going to write you in french, remember that french is the language of every educated gentleman… which is not your case.” Je suis français et spécialiste en modélisation du climat et des océans, est-tu capable de comprendre ce que j’écris ?” You are getting very old now, your also bald, looking more and more like the Donnie the con, the orange agent.” In fact, you are typically an old mafiosi-type italian immigant.” Of course, you have no scientific training, your brain is to small to understand science, your IQ is under 100 (I have that information)” […] My scientist friends here in France welcoming you … with a baseball bat.…Funny, we are all waiting for you if you have the stupid idea to travel to Europe”… I am a NASA expert and travel many times in the USA…I know the addresses of your kids and of of yourself. So, try to be very careful...” Donnie the don is terminated, this will be he case with yourself and the oil industry…” Dr. Prof. Jean-Luc Edouard Germain Michel Mélice”
As the text indicates, the author of the threatening email masters the French language, but not so much the English language, so it was likely written by a native French speaker.
“Smash your ugly face”
In a subsequent email sent a day later, on November 28, the same author added yet more ethnic hate slurs, among these comments (emphasis added) were (excerpts):
The origin of your name comes from Calabria in Italy…lots of mafiosi over there!!!” Morano in Spanish means north African nigger. I now understand your complex of inferiority, and your ugly face. Indeed, you are not of WASP origin.” […] Note that I was living in the USA during the Kennedy time. I remember very well the 3 dark days after he was shot by a fucking moron as yourself. At that time, I was in an american high school and the Americans were not anti-science as they are now.” Besides aSouth African nationality, I have also an US passport.” Please also that I have worked as a diplomat, besides being a super top scientist.” I would love to be in front of you during a FOX interview. I would destroy you in a few seconds…” Remember, we are following you, and are very keen to smash your ugly obese face with a baseball bat.” Just fokoff … as we say in afrikaans…”
Again to remind readers, the email likely came from a 3rd party who is using Dr. Melice’s identity to conduct his criminal threats. Don’t assume anything!
Hateful past
Coincidentally, Dr. Melice does appear to have a history of making aggressive and angry comments directed at skeptics of AGW science. The whole affair needs to be cleared up.
The real person behind the threats and potential identity misuse needs to be dealt with legally. In Europe such vicious threats are criminal acts.
Christmas threats
Then just two days ago, on December 24th, Marc Morano received yet another criminally threatening text message, but this time by a person not providing any identity. In that text message the author wrote:
Go fuck yourself and eat shit, you fucking most corrupt ass piece of shit fucking ass cunt as THOSE GROUPS FUCKING HATE YOU!” Worst-Case Scenario! Bye-bye political establishment! Bye-bye media! Hollywood, bye-bye! Tissues! How bad? So bad! How much death? So much death!” Worst-Case Scenario! Watch your back bitch! You can run but you cannot hide! Bye-bye you corrupt fucking cunt ass piece of shit! Bye-Bye family!”
The tone and hate level are similar to that seen in the earlier emails of November 27 and November 28, but it is impossible to determine if it originated from the same author.
Threats becoming more frequent
When asked if such graphic threats have been increasing, Mr. Morano replied by email: “Yes. They are increasing. My books and movies and Congressional testimony have increased the flow.”
Earlier in 2019 Mr. Morano also received an angry threat delivered to his home address by regular post, postmarked Eureka, California. That letter blamed skeptics like Morano for the Arkansas River flooding. It contained:
Real threats, or not to be taken seriously?
It would be very easy to dismiss these threatening messages as something coming from a sick-minded coward, a bitter person in a basement, hopelessly engulfed by hatred.
Yet on the other hand, they also show us the person making the threats is mentally unstable, perhaps unpredictable, and so capable of any act, thus posing a real danger.
One thing is clear: sending someone such messages is a criminal offence in Europe.
Anyone receiving such terrible threats needs to take them to the responsible authorities for investigation. It’s wrong for people to steal identities and/or to criminally act in this way.
We have multiple potential victims here: Marc Morano, his family, his colleagues, science free speech and even the researcher who maybe had his identity stolen and used to conduct criminal acts.
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notrickszone--2020-12-27--Autumn In United Kingdom, Ireland Has Not Warmed Since 1995 …Cooling Tendency

Global warming activists like to remind us how so many places on the globe are warming faster than anywhere else .
And if every region is warming , then we would expect the spring season to be arriving earlier and fall starting later , meaning an extended summer season .
Today we look at fall ( Sept – Nov ) mean temperatures at stations across United kingdom and Ireland .
We use data from Japan Meteorological Agency at the stations for which there are enough data going back to 1995 or earlier .
These data are untampered , unlike the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with fall mean temperature data from 14 stations scattered across the United Kingdom : Taken as a whole , above we see no real warming having taken place in the United Kingdom since 1995 .
Eight of the 14 stations in fact show cooling or no warming trend .
Though the mean fall temperature rose over the course of the 20th century , it hasn ’ t risen this century .
This defies the often heard media claims of warming by the climate alarmists .
Next a plot of the mean fall temperature @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : no real change in over 30 years .
Here we have 6 stations for which the JMA has data going back to 1989 .
Four of Ireland ’ s 6 stations show cooling temperatures .
Two are warming , but not significantly by any measure .
So why have the mean fall temperatures stalled in the United Kingdom and Ireland ?
Global warming alarmists don ’ t want you to know this , but there are so called oceanic cycles that dominate regional climates on a decadal scale .
For Western Europe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ No wonder fall temperatures have stalled .
The warm phase of the AMO has peaked and has been heading down since 2008 .
CO2 is not what is driving the climate .

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Global warming activists like to remind us how so many places on the globe are warming faster than anywhere else. And if every region is warming, then we would expect the spring season to be arriving earlier and fall starting later, meaning an extended summer season.
Today we look at fall (Sept – Nov) mean temperatures at stations across United kingdom and Ireland. We use data from Japan Meteorological Agency at the stations for which there are enough data going back to 1995 or earlier. These data are untampered, unlike the NASA GISS data.
United Kingdom: 8 of 14 stations cooling, no longer warming
First we start with fall mean temperature data from 14 stations scattered across the United Kingdom:
Data source: JMA
Taken as a whole, above we see no real warming having taken place in the United Kingdom since 1995. Eight of the 14 stations in fact show cooling or no warming trend. Though the mean fall temperature rose over the course of the 20th century, it hasn’t risen this century. This defies the often heard media claims of warming by the climate alarmists.
Ireland
Next a plot of the mean fall temperature for Ireland also shows the same story: no real change in over 30 years. Here we have 6 stations for which the JMA has data going back to 1989.
Data source: JMA
Four of Ireland’s 6 stations show cooling temperatures. Two are warming, but not significantly by any measure.
So why have the mean fall temperatures stalled in the United Kingdom and Ireland? Global warming alarmists don’t want you to know this, but there are so called oceanic cycles that dominate regional climates on a decadal scale. For Western Europe especially the AMO has an impact:
No wonder fall temperatures have stalled. The warm phase of the AMO has peaked and has been heading down since 2008. CO2 is not what is driving the climate.
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notrickszone--2020-12-28--2020 Review: Observational And Modeling Studies Show Temperature Falls As CO2 Rises

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notrickszone--2020-12-29--Greenland Fall Temperatures Unchanged. Proxy Data Show No Warming At 8 Of 9 Antarctic Peninsula Site

Greenland Fall Temperatures Unchanged. Proxy Data Show No Warming At 8 Of 9 Antarctic Peninsula Sites Since 1830!

Before looking at Antarctica Peninsula , we first take a look at Greenland , which also is considered by the global warming alarmists to be part of the most threatening tipping points .
If the ice on Greenland ever melted , like they warn it will , sea levels globally would rise some 6 meters .
( Never mind this scenario would take many centuries ) .
Today we look at the November and autumn trends in Greenland .
First we look at November mean temperatures for which the Japan meteorological Agency ( JMA ) has sufficient data to compute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Four of the 6 stations examined show cooling or no warming trend .
But that ’ s only for one month , and so doesn ’ t really tell us a whole lot .
So next we look at autumn mean temperatures for these six stations .
If autumn is warming then we no that is not ideal for the overall ice formation season .
Four of the 6 stations have had no warming , but rather have been cooling slightly .
The colder stations up north have warmed .
But this too @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the 21st century .
Alarmist readers might accuse us of cherry picking .
So next we look at NASA unadjusted data from 4 stations going back almost 100 years : Here we see that these four stations have not warmed in almost 100 years .
Nothing is “ tipping ” there .
To summarize , not much has really happened in Greenland .
To speak about an approaching tipping point is nothing but misleading and over-indulgent alarmism .
Next we move our attention to the opposite pole of the earth , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ potential “ climate tipping element ” that threatens to doom the entire planet : the Antarctic Peninsula : Our regular guest author Kenneth Richard found a recent paper on the results of proxy data from the peninsula region going back 240 years , with a focus on the Bransfield Strait .
The paper finds that the climate system down there is far more complex than most of us would think and a long way from being understood .
Yet , they find that eight of 9 sites examined show summer sea surface and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cooling or staying steady .
Today nothing unusual is happening .
The authors admit that are major discrepancies between the model , instrumental and proxy datasets , and that there ’ s still plenty to sort out .
But as it stands , there ’ s nothing unusual happening at our poles and all the talk about tipping elements is a bit premature .

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Before looking at Antarctica Peninsula, we first take a look at Greenland, which also is considered by the global warming alarmists to be part of the most threatening tipping points. If the ice on Greenland ever melted, like they warn it will, sea levels globally would rise some 6 meters. (Never mind this scenario would take many centuries).
Today we look at the November and autumn trends in Greenland. First we look at November mean temperatures for which the Japan meteorological Agency (JMA) has sufficient data to compute a trend going back to 1999.
Data source: JMA
Four of the 6 stations examined show cooling or no warming trend.
But that’s only for one month, and so doesn’t really tell us a whole lot. So next we look at autumn mean temperatures for these six stations. If autumn is warming then we no that is not ideal for the overall ice formation season.
Data source: JMA
Four of the 6 stations have had no warming, but rather have been cooling slightly. The colder stations up north have warmed.
But this too is only a trend since the start of the 21st century. Alarmist readers might accuse us of cherry picking. So next we look at NASA unadjusted data from 4 stations going back almost 100 years:
Data source: NASA
Here we see that these four stations have not warmed in almost 100 years. Nothing is “tipping” there.
To summarize, not much has really happened in Greenland. To speak about an approaching tipping point is nothing but misleading and over-indulgent alarmism.
Antarctic peninsula sites not warming
Next we move our attention to the opposite pole of the earth, and look at some interesting news about another potential “climate tipping element” that threatens to doom the entire planet: the Antarctic Peninsula:
Our regular guest author Kenneth Richard found a recent paper on the results of proxy data from the peninsula region going back 240 years, with a focus on the Bransfield Strait.
Chart: Vorrath et al 2020.
The paper finds that the climate system down there is far more complex than most of us would think and a long way from being understood.
Image: Vorrath et al, 2020
Yet, they find that eight of 9 sites examined show summer sea surface and subsurface temperatures over the past 240 years cooling or staying steady. Today nothing unusual is happening.
The authors admit that are major discrepancies between the model, instrumental and proxy datasets, and that there’s still plenty to sort out.
But as it stands, there’s nothing unusual happening at our poles and all the talk about tipping elements is a bit premature.
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notrickszone--2020-12-30--World Leading Engine Expert: Combustion Engine Remains The Future, “Hydrogen Will Be Nada”

Also : e-vehicles not practical , not affordable…future of e-mobility still “ wishful thinking ” .
In a very recent interview , Germany/Austria ’ s top automobile engine expert Prof. Dr. Fritz Indra says hydrogen fuel cars will amount to “ nada ” because of the high inefficiency and costs .
The same applies to e-vehicles .
The Austrian engineer also says German and European policymakers are making a big mistake by prescribing to the industry what drive technology to use .
“ They can give us the targets , but they have to leave it up to engineers to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ targets , and to build a car that is affordable to the buyer.
” Electric battery cars no match for the combustion engine Indra also says electric cars offer little to be desired , saying that although the efficiency from battery to transmission is high , no one is looking at what happens before the battery and after the transmission , which he calls “ an inexcusable error.
” In the assessment of battery powered vehicles , Indra describes the problems of range and battery disposal that still profoundly plague electric battery vehicles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , what has company Bosch done ?
Bosch , about one year ago , stopped research in the lithium ion battery .
That means they have backed out completely from the topic of batteries , ” says Indra .
“ That ’ s an unbelievable decision , because that ’ s a global company.
” Hydrogen as a fuel will not be feasible as well , Indra explains : “ On the subject of hydrogen cars , we have to look at Daimler , Mercedes , ” says Indra .
“ On the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way ahead .
[ … ] About half a year ago , Mercedes announced that it was getting out of hydrogen .
That means that as a way for mobility , they see no chance for it.
” According to the Austrian engine expert , hydrogen as a fuel for fuel cells is plagued by too many efficiencies and dangers , describing how a fueling station would need three stages of piston-type compressors to get the fuel into the car at the “ unimaginable ” 1000 bars of pressure – never mind the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
A quarter to one third of the energy offered by hydrogen would be consumed just to pressurize the gas , Indra reminds .
Moreover , hydrogen refueling stations would need to be supplied by tankers transporting the highly explosive gas at 50 bars of pressure .
Indra notes , however , that the hydrogen technology may have a chance for use in cargo vehicles .
Indra also sees no chance for Germany playing an important role in the electric battery market , explaining that China has already secured all the raw materials @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chile , and thus “ practically controls the market ” .
Germany will never ever be able to produce the lithium ion batteries at a cost like that in China .
Indra sharply criticizes claims that lithium batteries can be recycled : “ But for those who don ’ t know , the recycling of lithium is an unbelievably difficult and expensive process.
” He adds that electric cars also will also never be able to meet Europe ’ s recycling directives , which call for minimum 80 % of devices be recyclable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sums of money when it comes to subsidizing e-mobility .
“ It ’ s an absurdity to subsidize something that doesn ’ t make any contribution to climate protection , ” he says .
He sees China ’ s strategy of “ giving every technology a chance ” as the way to go , and to not become dogmatically stuck on one such as e-mobility , which he feels will never lead to an economic boost in Germany .
Indra sees a cleaner combustion engine with new fuels as the future , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this is not being supported by the German government .
“ A combustion engine car with synthetic fuel a is much cleaner and can be used much longer than electric cars , ” Indra says .
The retired engineering expert also says countries who have declared an end to the combustion engine are “ full of politics ” and predicts they will push off their targets , if not completely abandon them as reality hits .
In summary : the combustion engine will be around for a long time because it is cleaner @ @ @ @ @ @

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Also: lithium battery e-vehicles not practical, not affordable…future of e-mobility still “wishful thinking”.
In a very recent interview, Germany/Austria’s top automobile engine expert Prof. Dr. Fritz Indra says hydrogen fuel cars will amount to “nada” because of the high inefficiency and costs. The same applies to e-vehicles.
No to government engineering
The Austrian engineer also says German and European policymakers are making a big mistake by prescribing to the industry what drive technology to use. “They can give us the targets, but they have to leave it up to engineers to find out how to best reach the targets, and to build a car that is affordable to the buyer.”
Electric battery cars no match for the combustion engine
Indra also says electric cars offer little to be desired, saying that although the efficiency from battery to transmission is high, no one is looking at what happens before the battery and after the transmission, which he calls “an inexcusable error.” In the assessment of battery powered vehicles, Indra describes the problems of range and battery disposal that still profoundly plague electric battery vehicles.
Bosch backs out of lithium ion batteries
“When it comes to batteries, what has company Bosch done? Bosch, about one year ago, stopped research in the lithium ion battery. That means they have backed out completely from the topic of batteries,” says Indra. “That’s an unbelievable decision, because that’s a global company.”
Hydrogen as a fuel will not be feasible as well, Indra explains: “On the subject of hydrogen cars, we have to look at Daimler, Mercedes,” says Indra. “On the subject of hydrogen, Mercedes was always way ahead. […] About half a year ago, Mercedes announced that it was getting out of hydrogen. That means that as a way for mobility, they see no chance for it.”
Hydrogen fueling stations impractical
According to the Austrian engine expert, hydrogen as a fuel for fuel cells is plagued by too many efficiencies and dangers, describing how a fueling station would need three stages of piston-type compressors to get the fuel into the car at the “unimaginable” 1000 bars of pressure – never mind the technical obstacles building such a car poses.
A quarter to one third of the energy offered by hydrogen would be consumed just to pressurize the gas, Indra reminds.
Moreover, hydrogen refueling stations would need to be supplied by tankers transporting the highly explosive gas at 50 bars of pressure.
Indra notes, however, that the hydrogen technology may have a chance for use in cargo vehicles.
China controls the lithium raw material market
Indra also sees no chance for Germany playing an important role in the electric battery market, explaining that China has already secured all the raw materials, in countries such as Congo and Chile, and thus “practically controls the market”. Germany will never ever be able to produce the lithium ion batteries at a cost like that in China.
Recycling is very expensive
Indra sharply criticizes claims that lithium batteries can be recycled: “But for those who don’t know, the recycling of lithium is an unbelievably difficult and expensive process.”
He adds that electric cars also will also never be able to meet Europe’s recycling directives, which call for minimum 80% of devices be recyclable.
Indra thinks policymakers are blowing large sums of money when it comes to subsidizing e-mobility. “It’s an absurdity to subsidize something that doesn’t make any contribution to climate protection,” he says.
Combustion engine still the future
He sees China’s strategy of “giving every technology a chance” as the way to go, and to not become dogmatically stuck on one such as e-mobility, which he feels will never lead to an economic boost in Germany.
Indra sees a cleaner combustion engine with new fuels as the future, and finds it’s a pity that this is not being supported by the German government.
“A combustion engine car with synthetic fuel a is much cleaner and can be used much longer than electric cars,” Indra says. The retired engineering expert also says countries who have declared an end to the combustion engine are “full of politics” and predicts they will push off their targets, if not completely abandon them as reality hits.
In summary: the combustion engine will be around for a long time because it is cleaner, extremely practical and affordable.
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notrickszone--2020-12-31--Alarmism Dies In The Great Barrier Reef As New Study Documents Reef Growth Since The 1970s

A new study affirms coral reefs grow when seas are warm and rising .
Growth “ shuts off ” during colder , falling sea level periods .
Consequently , the Great Barrier Reef has experienced growth in the last 150 years – especially in recent decades .
During the Last Glacial Maximum ( ~30,000 to 15,000 years ago ) , when Great Barrier Reef ( GBR ) sea surface temperatures ( SSTs ) were sometimes 3-5°C colder and sea levels plummeted to 120 m lower than today , reefs experienced at least 5 “ near death events ” ( Yokoyama @ @ @ @ @ @ @ SSTs warmed and sea levels rose during the post-glacial period , GBR growth was “ vigorous ” ( Humblet et al.
, 2019 ) .
The health of coral communities is significantly determined by sea level changes , with growth associated with rising sea levels and growth shut downs occurring as sea levels fall .
Coral reefs have thrived ( “ switch-on ” phases ) during warm periods with rising sea levels such as the Holocene Thermal Maximum , the Medieval Warm Period , and Current Warm Period ( Yan et al.
, @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ switch-off ” phases ) during cold periods like the Dark Ages Cold Period and Little Ice Age .
A new GBR study ( Leonard et al.
, 2020 ) suggests this region enjoyed “ ~1-2 °C warmer than present ” temperatures and 0.7 to 1.0 m higher sea levels at multiple intervals during the last 7,000 years .
Coral growth occurs during warmer , rising sea level periods .
Periods when coral growth “ turned-off ” are “ associated with a rapid relative sea level fall ” and colder SSTs ( i.e.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Consequently , the GBR has experienced growth in the last 150 years – especially since the 1970s .
“ It is notable that reef accretion at Middle Island appears to have increased in the past ~150 years , especially since the late 1970 ’ s to early 1980 ’ s , coincident with the onset of increasing SSTs on the GBR .
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A new study affirms coral reefs grow when seas are warm and rising. Growth “shuts off” during colder, falling sea level periods. Consequently, the Great Barrier Reef has experienced growth in the last 150 years – especially in recent decades.
During the Last Glacial Maximum (~30,000 to 15,000 years ago), when Great Barrier Reef (GBR) sea surface temperatures (SSTs) were sometimes 3-5°C colder and sea levels plummeted to 120 m lower than today, reefs experienced at least 5 “near death events” (Yokoyama et al., 2019).
As SSTs warmed and sea levels rose during the post-glacial period, GBR growth was “vigorous” (Humblet et al., 2019). The health of coral communities is significantly determined by sea level changes, with growth associated with rising sea levels and growth shut downs occurring as sea levels fall.
Coral reefs have thrived (“switch-on” phases) during warm periods with rising sea levels such as the Holocene Thermal Maximum, the Medieval Warm Period, and Current Warm Period (Yan et al., 2019). Growth dramatically ceases (“switch-off” phases) during cold periods like the Dark Ages Cold Period and Little Ice Age.
A new GBR study (Leonard et al., 2020) suggests this region enjoyed “~1-2 °C warmer than present” temperatures and 0.7 to 1.0 m higher sea levels at multiple intervals during the last 7,000 years.
Coral growth occurs during warmer, rising sea level periods. Periods when coral growth “turned-off” are “associated with a rapid relative sea level fall” and colder SSTs (i.e., the Little Ice Age). Consequently, the GBR has experienced growth in the last 150 years – especially since the 1970s.
“It is notable that reef accretion at Middle Island appears to have increased in the past ~150 years, especially since the late 1970’s to early 1980’s, coincident with the onset of increasing SSTs on the GBR.”
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notrickszone--2020-03-30--New Study: Coral Reefs Thrive Near Acidic Waters (pH ~6.0) Where Seafloor Vents Emit Up To 95,000 pp

New Study: Coral Reefs Thrive Near Acidic Waters (pH ~6.0) Where Seafloor Vents Emit Up To 95,000 ppm CO2

Though it ’ s believed the 130 ppm increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration since 1750 has caused the ocean waters to “ acidify ” , on a daily basis 50-380°C metallic acid enriched by CO2 concentrations reaching 60,000 to 95,000 ppm pours through seafloor vents .
Nearby coral reefs “ thrive ” in these high-CO2 conditions .
50 times more CO2 in the oceans than in the atmosphere Though many believe humans are “ acidifying ” the oceans by burning fossil fuels and emitting CO2 , the ability of humans to impact the oceanic CO2 concentration is already compromised by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about 50 times more CO2 ( 38,000 vs. 750 PgC ) than the atmosphere does ( North et al.
, 2014 ) .
What ’ s the source for the oceans ’ much higher CO2 concentrations ?
On a daily basis , “ numerous ” volcanic eruptions with “ astounding values ” of liquid CO2 pour through the oceanic seafloor .
The temperature of the acid spewing into the ocean reaches 103°C to 380°C ( Kelley , 2017 ) .
How much CO2 is spewed into the ocean by seafloor volcanism ?
Mid-ocean @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” to the CO2 flux from the Earth ’ s mantle to the sea surface .
It has previously been observed that the acid pouring into the abyssal ocean from seafloor volcanism may contain about 9,000 to 57,000 ppm CO2 concentrations ( Helo et al.
, 2011 ) .
But even 57,000 ppm CO2 concentrations may be an underestimate .
Scientists have found groundwater reaching temperatures of 50-55°C bubbling up from seafloor with CO2 concentrations ranging from 60,000 to 95,000 ppm ( Cardenas et al.
, 2020 ) .
These extremely high CO2 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of below or slightly above 6.0 .
This means ocean “ acidification ” is occurring in these locations .
Nonetheless , nearby coral reef communities not only occupy these waters , they “ thrive ” in these warm , CO2-rich conditions .
None of these observations support the narrative that says human CO2 emissions are driving the “ acidification ” of the oceans .
Instead , it would appear nature provides its own internal variability without more than an even modest assist from humans .

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Though it’s believed the 130 ppm increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration since 1750 has caused the ocean waters to “acidify”, on a daily basis 50-380°C metallic acid enriched by CO2 concentrations reaching 60,000 to 95,000 ppm pours through seafloor vents. Nearby coral reefs “thrive” in these high-CO2 conditions.
50 times more CO2 in the oceans than in the atmosphere
Though many believe humans are “acidifying” the oceans by burning fossil fuels and emitting CO2, the ability of humans to impact the oceanic CO2 concentration is already compromised by the observation that the ocean waters contain about 50 times more CO2 (38,000 vs. 750 PgC) than the atmosphere does (North et al., 2014).
The oceans’ main CO2 source
What’s the source for the oceans’ much higher CO2 concentrations?
On a daily basis, “numerous” volcanic eruptions with “astounding values” of liquid CO2 pour through the oceanic seafloor.
The temperature of the acid spewing into the ocean reaches 103°C to 380°C (Kelley, 2017).
How much CO2 is spewed into the ocean by seafloor volcanism?
Mid-ocean ridge volcanism is the “key contributor” to the CO2 flux from the Earth’s mantle to the sea surface.
It has previously been observed that the acid pouring into the abyssal ocean from seafloor volcanism may contain about 9,000 to 57,000 ppm CO2 concentrations (Helo et al., 2011).
A new study of a “bubbling CO2 hotspot”
But even 57,000 ppm CO2 concentrations may be an underestimate.
Scientists have found groundwater reaching temperatures of 50-55°C bubbling up from seafloor with CO2 concentrations ranging from 60,000 to 95,000 ppm (Cardenas et al., 2020).
These extremely high CO2 concentrations are associated with nearby pH values of below or slightly above 6.0. This means ocean “acidification” is occurring in these locations.
Nonetheless, nearby coral reef communities not only occupy these waters, they “thrive” in these warm, CO2-rich conditions.
None of these observations support the narrative that says human CO2 emissions are driving the “acidification” of the oceans.
Instead, it would appear nature provides its own internal variability without more than an even modest assist from humans.
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