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Climate Change: Global warming is "settled science," we hear all the time. Those who reject that idea are "deniers." But as new evidence trickles out from peer-reviewed science studies, the legs beneath the climate change hypothesis — that the earth was doing just fine until carbon-dioxide spewing human beings came along — is increasingly wobbly.
A new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience purports to support action by global governments to reduce carbon dioxide output in order to lower potential global warming over the next 100 years or so. But what it really does is undercut virtually every modern argument for taking radical action against warming.
Why? The study admits that the 12 major university and government models that have been used to predict climate warming are faulty.
Scientists searching for signs of seasonal storms on Titan have finally found the smoking gun. A slick shimmer spotted on the north pole of the Saturnian moon is the first evidence of rainfall in the hemisphere - the start of summer in the north.
It's the evidence astronomers have been waiting years to see, since Cassini's arrival in Saturn's orbit all the way back in 2004.
"The whole Titan community has been looking forward to seeing clouds and rains on Titan's north pole, indicating the start of the northern summer, but despite what the climate models had predicted, we weren't even seeing any clouds," said physicist Rajani Dhingra of the University of Idaho.
After carefully poring over Cassini's output, the team finally found what they were looking for in an image snapped on June 7, 2016. The picture came courtesy the spacecraft's Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) instrument, which can peer through Titan's thick, hazy atmosphere to the surface below.
According to their analysis, the region is the result of methane rainfall onto a rough, pebble-like surface, likely followed by a period of evaporation. It's the first evidence of summer rain on Titan's northern hemisphere.
This rain was predicted, but scientists had expected to see it earlier in the season, based on theoretical models, especially since the northern hemisphere is where most of the moon's lakes and oceans are located.
"Summer is happening. It was delayed, but it's happening. We will have to figure out what caused the delay, though."
Everybody should be able to agree that we want lower carbon dioxide outputs and more research into green technology, but this debate is dominated by radical hypocrites who live off of all the fruits of Capitalism but feel they're so morally superior that it's okay for them to live in mansions and fly private jets but everyone else needs to be controlled.
This is the real hoax of climate change. If we just give most of our wealth and control of our lives to Governments they can change the climate. Why would anyone fall for such nonsense?
originally posted by: Plotus
Hmmmm.... I live in North Carolina. What happened to winter ? Did I miss it ? It's already spring again, daylight savings. Will they tax that too ?
originally posted by: paraphi
Climate always changes through time. Earth warms up and cools down. The question that people argue about is whether the current state of climate change is man made. Most scientists believe it is. Certainly in my lifetime the climate where I live has, and is changing.
originally posted by: network dude
originally posted by: Plotus
Hmmmm.... I live in North Carolina. What happened to winter ? Did I miss it ? It's already spring again, daylight savings. Will they tax that too ?
Yea, if it would stop raining for a few days, I could get a break from MUD! I'm just glad I have a woman who makes me sammiches and sweeps the floor after me. If I had to clean up after myself, I'd end it all.
originally posted by: M5xaz
a reply to: neoholographic
In a word : NARCISSISM
Extreme narcissism.
" I am so (self) important, look at me, look at me ! I am SAVING the PLANET ! Look at how good/superior I am"
That is precisely what is going on, FACTS be damned.
The SUN controls the weather, not some sex grabbing failed VP or some 85 iQ ex-barmaid politician.
WHY did scientists feel the need to HIDE a trend line that suggested the OPPOSITE of what they wanted us all to believe?
originally posted by: paraphi
Climate always changes through time. Earth warms up and cools down. The question that people argue about is whether the current state of climate change is man made. Most scientists believe it is. Certainly in my lifetime the climate where I live has, and is changing.
Legates’ study, published in the journal Science and Education, found only 41 out of the 11,944 peer-reviewed climate studies examined in Cook’s study explicitly stated mankind has caused most of the warming since 1950.
Proven to be false over and over and over and over.
No one claimed it is. Including Cook. If you had actually read his paper you would know this.
41 out of 11,944 is not "most" scientists.
Seems that the vast majority are blogs and industry related entities. Seems they too, misrepresent what Cook's study actually purported to show.
97 Articles Refuting to 97% Concensus