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Cloud seeding?
Government has been seeding clouds for more moisture for how many years? As long as I can remember.
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This isn't about what happens in one place during one season, but rather about an overall change that can effect the intensity and type of weather all over the world. I would very much like Global Warming to be wrong, but I don't think that's the case.
Here is a great article that applies to all of this (be it about global warming or immunizations):
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/20...achenbach-text
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It isn't hard to find the money or the politics on either side of the conversation:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/us...=top-news&_r=0
I tend to think both sides here have a knee jerk reaction to believe what they want to believe, and find the data to support their position. I'm not a scientist, so I don't claim to fully understand climate change (or what those chemicals in vaccines do, but I damn well want them). The science of what is happening (or not happening) isn't political; it is a matter of figuring out the facts. Laws are political, but science at the very least should be looked at with a critical open mind.
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Originally Posted by den1953
We may be influencing the weather to some degree but exactly to what degree is up for grabs and very difficult to exactly pinpoint.
The very nature of our world is extremely complicated with too many variables even for our best supercomputers to precisely model.
Computers are dumb mathematical processors. The models they run are only as good as the knowledge and understanding of the people who wrote the program. GIGO is still the rule.
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Originally Posted by Nor-Cal Spyder
Your sure, really. Let's hear you name a few...
but here are a few.
- David Bellamy, botanist.
- Judith Curry, Professor and former chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
- Freeman Dyson, professor emeritus of the School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study; Fellow of the Royal Society
- Steven E. Koonin, theoretical physicist and director of the Center for Urban Science and Progress at New York University
- Richard Lindzen, Alfred P. Sloan emeritus professor of atmospheric science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and member of the National Academy of Sciences
- Craig Loehle, ecologist and chief scientist at the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement.
- Nils-Axel Mörner, retired head of the Paleogeophysics and Geodynamics Department at Stockholm University, former chairman of the INQUA Commission on Sea Level Changes and Coastal Evolution (1999–2003)
- Garth Paltridge, retired chief research scientist, CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research and retired director of the Institute of the Antarctic Cooperative Research Centre, visiting fellow Australian National University
- Denis Rancourt, former professor of physics at University of Ottawa, research scientist in condensed matter physics, and in environmental and soil science
- Peter Stilbs, professor of physical chemistry at Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
- Philip Stott, professor emeritus of biogeography at the University of London
- Hendrik Tennekes, retired director of research, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
- Anastasios Tsonis, distinguished professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Fritz Vahrenholt, German politician and energy executive with a doctorate in chemistry
- Zbigniew Jaworowski, physician and ice core researcher.
These believe GW is a natural occurrence with humans having no effect
- Khabibullo Abdusamatov, astrophysicist at Pulkovo Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Sallie Baliunas, astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- Timothy Ball, professor emeritus of geography at the University of Winnipeg
- Robert M. Carter, former head of the school of earth sciences at James Cook University
- Ian Clark, hydrogeologist, professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa
- Chris de Freitas, associate professor, School of Geography, Geology and Environmental Science, University of Auckland
- David Douglass, solid-state physicist, professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester
- Don Easterbrook, emeritus professor of geology, Western Washington University
- William M. Gray, professor emeritus and head of the Tropical Meteorology Project, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
- William Happer, physicist specializing in optics and spectroscopy, Princeton University
- Ole Humlum, professor of geology at the University of Oslo
- Wibjörn Karlén, professor emeritus of geography and geology at the University of Stockholm.
- William Kininmonth, meteorologist, former Australian delegate to World Meteorological Organization Commission for Climatology
- David Legates, associate professor of geography and director of the Center for Climatic Research, University of Delaware
- Anthony Lupo, professor of atmospheric science at the University of Missouri
- Tad Murty, oceanographer; adjunct professor, Departments of Civil Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa
- Tim Patterson, paleoclimatologist and professor of geology at Carleton University in Canada.
- Ian Plimer, professor emeritus of mining geology, the University of Adelaide.
- Arthur B. Robinson, American politician, biochemist and former faculty member at the University of California, San Diego
- Murry Salby, atmospheric scientist, former professor at Macquarie University
- Nicola Scafetta, research scientist in the physics department at Duke University
- Tom Segalstad, geologist; associate professor at University of Oslo
- Nir Shaviv, professor of physics focusing on astrophysics and climate science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Fred Singer, professor emeritus of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia
- Willie Soon, astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- Roy Spencer, meteorologist; principal research scientist, University of Alabama in Huntsville
- Henrik Svensmark, physicist, Danish National Space Center
- George H. Taylor, retired director of the Oregon Climate Service at Oregon State University
- Jan Veizer, environmental geochemist, professor emeritus from University of Ottawa
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Originally Posted by MidTNDawg
but here are a few.
- David Bellamy, botanist.
- Judith Curry, Professor and former chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
- Freeman Dyson, professor emeritus of the School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study; Fellow of the Royal Society
- Steven E. Koonin, theoretical physicist and director of the Center for Urban Science and Progress at New York University
- Richard Lindzen, Alfred P. Sloan emeritus professor of atmospheric science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and member of the National Academy of Sciences
- Craig Loehle, ecologist and chief scientist at the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement.
- Nils-Axel Mörner, retired head of the Paleogeophysics and Geodynamics Department at Stockholm University, former chairman of the INQUA Commission on Sea Level Changes and Coastal Evolution (1999–2003)
- Garth Paltridge, retired chief research scientist, CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research and retired director of the Institute of the Antarctic Cooperative Research Centre, visiting fellow Australian National University
- Denis Rancourt, former professor of physics at University of Ottawa, research scientist in condensed matter physics, and in environmental and soil science
- Peter Stilbs, professor of physical chemistry at Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
- Philip Stott, professor emeritus of biogeography at the University of London
- Hendrik Tennekes, retired director of research, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
- Anastasios Tsonis, distinguished professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Fritz Vahrenholt, German politician and energy executive with a doctorate in chemistry
- Zbigniew Jaworowski, physician and ice core researcher.
These believe GW is a natural occurrence with humans having no effect
- Khabibullo Abdusamatov, astrophysicist at Pulkovo Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Sallie Baliunas, astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- Timothy Ball, professor emeritus of geography at the University of Winnipeg
- Robert M. Carter, former head of the school of earth sciences at James Cook University
- Ian Clark, hydrogeologist, professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa
- Chris de Freitas, associate professor, School of Geography, Geology and Environmental Science, University of Auckland
- David Douglass, solid-state physicist, professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester
- Don Easterbrook, emeritus professor of geology, Western Washington University
- William M. Gray, professor emeritus and head of the Tropical Meteorology Project, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
- William Happer, physicist specializing in optics and spectroscopy, Princeton University
- Ole Humlum, professor of geology at the University of Oslo
- Wibjörn Karlén, professor emeritus of geography and geology at the University of Stockholm.
- William Kininmonth, meteorologist, former Australian delegate to World Meteorological Organization Commission for Climatology
- David Legates, associate professor of geography and director of the Center for Climatic Research, University of Delaware
- Anthony Lupo, professor of atmospheric science at the University of Missouri
- Tad Murty, oceanographer; adjunct professor, Departments of Civil Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa
- Tim Patterson, paleoclimatologist and professor of geology at Carleton University in Canada.
- Ian Plimer, professor emeritus of mining geology, the University of Adelaide.
- Arthur B. Robinson, American politician, biochemist and former faculty member at the University of California, San Diego
- Murry Salby, atmospheric scientist, former professor at Macquarie University
- Nicola Scafetta, research scientist in the physics department at Duke University
- Tom Segalstad, geologist; associate professor at University of Oslo
- Nir Shaviv, professor of physics focusing on astrophysics and climate science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Fred Singer, professor emeritus of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia
- Willie Soon, astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- Roy Spencer, meteorologist; principal research scientist, University of Alabama in Huntsville
- Henrik Svensmark, physicist, Danish National Space Center
- George H. Taylor, retired director of the Oregon Climate Service at Oregon State University
- Jan Veizer, environmental geochemist, professor emeritus from University of Ottawa
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Why isn't this in the Off Topic section?
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Al gore is busy in his bunker recounting chads
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When ones attacks the people instead of making a meaningful challenge to the ideas, those who agree may enjoy the laugh, but those who disagree can easily dismiss the comment for the personal attack that it is.
Al Gore (sucks/fails/whatever) does nothing to prove or disprove a scientific question far too complex for most of us to have an opinion on outside of what we are told by those we trust (which, I would hope, are scientists rather than politicians).
There are good people and bad people on both sides of virtually all controversies. The thing is, discrediting Gore's character doesn't discredit global warming. Chances are very good that you share some positions with people you really don't like, and disagree with people that you like and respect very much.
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Not sure if i wanted to chime in with this one but what the heck lol. Gore is a peahead, however i do not believe you cant keep burning and putting massive amounts of carbon into the atmosphere without it having some effect. We have done a lot to reduce the emissions, especially here in CA, but i think the burning of fossil fuels is no where near an end and will continue to increase the amount of carbon in the atmosphere. One day when they figure out how to put a meter on sunlight then Solar will be everywhere and be 10x as effective as it is now. The sun puts out more energy in 1 minute than all humanity has used since the beginning of time. Sure we only get 1% or whatever directed at the earth but that 1% i am sure can power most the world but unless they can charge you monthly instead of a one time fee we wont have it.
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Originally Posted by latony007
Not sure if i wanted to chime in with this one but what the heck lol. Gore is a peahead, however i do not believe you cant keep burning and putting massive amounts of carbon into the atmosphere without it having some effect. We have done a lot to reduce the emissions, especially here in CA, but i think the burning of fossil fuels is no where near an end and will continue to increase the amount of carbon in the atmosphere. One day when they figure out how to put a meter on sunlight then Solar will be everywhere and be 10x as effective as it is now. The sun puts out more energy in 1 minute than all humanity has used since the beginning of time. Sure we only get 1% or whatever directed at the earth but that 1% i am sure can power most the world but unless they can charge you monthly instead of a one time fee we wont have it.
In this case, there is no "them". To my understanding, solar companies compete with other forms of power.
I'm not saying that those in power may not try to slow down the process, but technology always finds a way (like the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park).
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Originally Posted by DragonSpyder
Ignorance running rampant in this thread! Of course, Climate Change deniers know more than the scientists that study such things...
Two PhD degrees here. Taught statistics at the university. If you use Gausian statistics to predict outcomes of a non-gausian system, you get erroneous results. This is why Gaussian statistics do so poorly when predicting the stock market. Climate change is a non-Gausian system. It is either mandlebrot or fractal. Climate scientists have been using Gaussian statistics in their models. Moreover, they cannot model the effect of clouds. Also, climate "warming" has received $35 BILLION in Federal grants. Other climate studies have received 0.1% of that ($35 million). If you were a researcher, where would you put your conclusions? (Hint: Follow the money)
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Originally Posted by Dan_Ashley
Two PhD degrees here. Taught statistics at the university. If you use Gausian statistics to predict outcomes of a non-gausian system, you get erroneous results. This is why Gaussian statistics do so poorly when predicting the stock market. Climate change is a non-Gausian system. It is either mandlebrot or fractal. Climate scientists have been using Gaussian statistics in their models. Moreover, they cannot model the effect of clouds. Also, climate "warming" has received $35 BILLION in Federal grants. Other climate studies have received 0.1% of that ($35 million). If you were a researcher, where would you put your conclusions? (Hint: Follow the money)
I agree Al Gore is a peahead, but a very rich peahead. he has certainly "followed the Money"
Seems the last time I went to Yosemite, standing at the canyon floor, was 1000 feet under ice years ago.
For someone who had been out of school for many years, can you give a simple explanation for the difference between "mandlebrot or fractal"? I always thought they were similar.
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Originally Posted by MidTNDawg
but here are a few.
- David Bellamy, botanist.
- Judith Curry, Professor and former chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
- Freeman Dyson, professor emeritus of the School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study; Fellow of the Royal Society
- Steven E. Koonin, theoretical physicist and director of the Center for Urban Science and Progress at New York University
- Richard Lindzen, Alfred P. Sloan emeritus professor of atmospheric science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and member of the National Academy of Sciences
- Craig Loehle, ecologist and chief scientist at the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement.
- Nils-Axel Mörner, retired head of the Paleogeophysics and Geodynamics Department at Stockholm University, former chairman of the INQUA Commission on Sea Level Changes and Coastal Evolution (1999–2003)
- Garth Paltridge, retired chief research scientist, CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research and retired director of the Institute of the Antarctic Cooperative Research Centre, visiting fellow Australian National University
- Denis Rancourt, former professor of physics at University of Ottawa, research scientist in condensed matter physics, and in environmental and soil science
- Peter Stilbs, professor of physical chemistry at Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
- Philip Stott, professor emeritus of biogeography at the University of London
- Hendrik Tennekes, retired director of research, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
- Anastasios Tsonis, distinguished professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Fritz Vahrenholt, German politician and energy executive with a doctorate in chemistry
- Zbigniew Jaworowski, physician and ice core researcher.
These believe GW is a natural occurrence with humans having no effect
- Khabibullo Abdusamatov, astrophysicist at Pulkovo Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Sallie Baliunas, astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- Timothy Ball, professor emeritus of geography at the University of Winnipeg
- Robert M. Carter, former head of the school of earth sciences at James Cook University
- Ian Clark, hydrogeologist, professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa
- Chris de Freitas, associate professor, School of Geography, Geology and Environmental Science, University of Auckland
- David Douglass, solid-state physicist, professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester
- Don Easterbrook, emeritus professor of geology, Western Washington University
- William M. Gray, professor emeritus and head of the Tropical Meteorology Project, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
- William Happer, physicist specializing in optics and spectroscopy, Princeton University
- Ole Humlum, professor of geology at the University of Oslo
- Wibjörn Karlén, professor emeritus of geography and geology at the University of Stockholm.
- William Kininmonth, meteorologist, former Australian delegate to World Meteorological Organization Commission for Climatology
- David Legates, associate professor of geography and director of the Center for Climatic Research, University of Delaware
- Anthony Lupo, professor of atmospheric science at the University of Missouri
- Tad Murty, oceanographer; adjunct professor, Departments of Civil Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa
- Tim Patterson, paleoclimatologist and professor of geology at Carleton University in Canada.
- Ian Plimer, professor emeritus of mining geology, the University of Adelaide.
- Arthur B. Robinson, American politician, biochemist and former faculty member at the University of California, San Diego
- Murry Salby, atmospheric scientist, former professor at Macquarie University
- Nicola Scafetta, research scientist in the physics department at Duke University
- Tom Segalstad, geologist; associate professor at University of Oslo
- Nir Shaviv, professor of physics focusing on astrophysics and climate science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Fred Singer, professor emeritus of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia
- Willie Soon, astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- Roy Spencer, meteorologist; principal research scientist, University of Alabama in Huntsville
- Henrik Svensmark, physicist, Danish National Space Center
- George H. Taylor, retired director of the Oregon Climate Service at Oregon State University
- Jan Veizer, environmental geochemist, professor emeritus from University of Ottawa
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Originally Posted by Princeau99
I agree Al Gore is a peahead, but a very rich peahead. he has certainly "followed the Money"
Seems the last time I went to Yosemite, standing at the canyon floor, was 1000 feet under ice years ago.
For someone who had been out of school for many years, can you give a simple explanation for the difference between "mandlebrot or fractal"? I always thought they were similar.
by "mandlebrot" I intended to include Levy Distributions, scaling laws, non-Gausian (paretian ) as well as fractals. Mandlebrot developed only two of those, the Levy and fractal.
What is interesting is that much social science is non-Gausian, whereas most pure physical science is Gaussian. Climatology is not a pure physical science. It incorporates chemistry, physics, atmospheric studies, geology, astronomy, and possibly others. As a result of this complexity the temperature observations taken on land, at sea and in the atmosphere are not independent events.
Since the observations are inter-related--even in a minor degree--Gaussian statistics is not appropriate for the analysis of the climate data.
there is a very good study published in 2002 which describes in fairly readable English--if you have had college algebra and introductory statistics--what I am talking about. Let me know if you want the reference and I'll look it up. I just can't remember the journal, date and author off the top of my head. Sorry--retirement brain, you know.
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Seems many are confusing weather and climate.... Two entirely different things. We all trust science every time we go for a ride, yet many still think there's some kind of 'fix' by 90+% of the worlds scientists. Ugh.
Okay... Fine.. Don't want to accept the factual data backing up climate change..... How about getting behind solar and wind energy just because it's good for our planet? Why not reduce emissions just because it's nice to breathe clean air? If that doesn't do it.... How about for saving tons of money?
Who are you really going to believe on all of this..... Scientists.... Or big oil?
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