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Cooler refers to the Pacific state – although there are implication for the surface temperature.

“Why.It’s.Not.CO2 | January 14, 2015 at 8:44 pm | Reply
The absorption by CO2 has no effect on climate, because planetary surface temperatures are not set by direct solar radiation,

I never said they were. It’s ok for politicians to put words into other mouths, but not in these columns. Energy arrives from the sun at short wave and is re-emited at long wave by the earth. All scientists agree on these processes. The unsolved problem is how much gets left behind in the process. That is where neutrons come in. They are heavy particles and can absorb a lot of energy when they vibrate. Thank you for your contribution. Sorry about the spelling. My eyesight is failing.

This was the ultimate ‘Six Degrees of Michael Mann’ post.

I don’t see how Judith will ever be able to top this.

Thank you. Your job must be entertaining. Please be ready to comment on this, but you don’t get to know what this is!

And thanks to Tony B for the links!

Thanks Capt.!

Yeah, but Lucifer clearly communicates with other places

1930s = Guy Callendar

Pat Cassen: Analyses consistently indicate a few (1 – 3)% increase in latent heat transfer (refs previously supplied; see also this review). You may disagree with the result, and you may disagree with the methods of deriving it, but please stop insisting that the non-radiative heat transport is being ignored.

Thanks for the extra link. I have read some of the other papers and Isaac Held’s blog. I’ll reword my “insistence” to something less absolute. I thought that the Romps et al paper was the best to date, and it cited the papers that you linked to.

Godspeed.

There is about a 1% difference in the vibrational frequency between 12CO2 and 13CO2. Goes inversely as the square root of the mass

To all those in this subthread, the essay California Dreaming in ebook Blowing Smoke, foreward by Judith, will provide much edification beyond Fernando’s link to part of the CPUC nuttiness.

kim | January 15, 2015 at 11:47 am |

I”t’s been all to the good. Beck knew it, Keeling probably knows it, many predicted it. A warmer world sustains more total life and more diversity of life”

Yes, like in the Sahara.

The Berkeley News Letter was interesting and informative. The nominal amount of warming in 2014 of .08 C over 1998, is nothing in significance compared to the PR value and the hand wringing that will result once it gets into the MSM. I guarantee no mention will be made as to how much it has warmed since 1998. Who knows what the future brings, but .08 warming over 16 years, given the plateau we are on, doesn’t warrant what is about to follow by the alarmists.