| Climate |
| Climate Alarm |
Presentation on Climate v. Climate Alarm
28-Aug-11
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Richard S. Lindzen, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Abstract: The public perception of the climate problem is somewhat schizophrenic. On the one hand, the problem is perceived to be so complex that it cannot be approached without massive computer programs. On the other hand, the physics is claimed to be so basic that the dire conclusions commonly presented are considered to be self-evident.
Consistent with this situation, climate has become a field where there is a distinct separation of theory and modeling. Commonly, in fluid mechanics, theory provides useful constraints and tests when applied to modeling results. This has been notably absent in current work on climate.
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| Climate Change |
How To Think About Climate Change
20-Mar-21
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William Happer, An Online Discussion of the Schiller Institute. |
Abstract: Link to YouTube Video
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A Constraint Equation for Climate
29-Oct-21
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Howard "Cork" Hayden |
Abstract: The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) is some 3949 pages long and is dedicated mostly to many complex details in the estimates of our future CO2 emissions, the behavior of the atmosphere, estimations of temperatures in places without thermometers, melting permafrost, atmospheric H2O content, ice melt, sea rise, feedback mechanisms, and so forth. The climate system is certainly complex and chaotic, but it is still subject to constraints. We will derive an important—but simple—equation of constraint. The equation will be of no use in predicting the worldwide average temperature in (say) 2060, nor will it be of use in describing the climate in any locale. Its usefulness lies in the fact that at equilibrium it must be balanced.
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| CO2, IR, and Climate |
Comments on CO2, IR, and Climate
28-Mar-21
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Howard “Cork” Hayden, Professor of Physics, Emeritus |
Abstract: It is hard to believe, when thinking of things as large as the earth, that people get bogged down in minutiae, staring at things through microscopes and not seeing the globe. This essay is about the big picture, and everything herein is based on well-known facts.
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CO2 vs. Albedo
19-Aug-23
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Howard “Cork” Hayden, Prof. Emeritus of Physics, UConn, corkhayden@comcast.net |
Abstract: In IPCC jargon, radiative forcing refers to changes in the radiative flux of the earth, compared to the “pre-industrial” period of 1850-1900. In the more rational jargon of van Wijngaarden and Happer, the term refers to the totality of the radiative flux.
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| NIPCC |
Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate
01-Apr-08
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S. Fred Singer, SEPP |
Abstract: Published by THE HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
Our concern about the environment, going back
some 40 years, has taught us important lessons. It is
one thing to impose drastic measures and harsh
economic penalties when an environmental problem
is clear-cut and severe. It is foolish to do so when
the problem is largely hypothetical and not
substantiated by observations. As NIPCC shows by
offering an independent, non-governmental second
opinion on the global warming issue, we do not
currently have any convincing evidence or
observations of significant climate change from
other than natural causes.
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| Physics |
Basic Climate Physics #1
13-Mar-22
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Howard “Cork” Hayden, Prof. Emeritus of Physics, UConn, corkhayden@comcast.net |
Abstract: One fact at a time
This short essay is the first in a short series about basic (meaning all-inclusive) physics that pertains to the subject
of climate.
Bear in mind that my purpose is not to engage in details about wind, rain, snow, storms, historical climatology,
Milankovitch cycles, or any of the common topics discussed about climate.
What I will discuss is some simple
physics.
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Basic Climate Physics #2
13-Mar-22
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Howard “Cork” Hayden, Prof. Emeritus of Physics, UConn, corkhayden@comcast.net |
Abstract: One fact at a time
This short essay is the second in a short series about basic (meaning all-inclusive) physics that pertains to the subject
of climate.
Bear in mind that my purpose is not to engage in details about wind, rain, snow, storms, historical climatology,
Milankovitch cycles, or any of the common topics discussed about climate. What I will discuss is some simple
physics.
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Basic Climate Physics #3
20-Mar-22
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Howard “Cork” Hayden, Prof. Emeritus of Physics, UConn, corkhayden@comcast.net |
Abstract: One fact at a time
This short essay is the third in a short series about basic (meaning all-inclusive) physics that pertains to the subject
of climate.
Bear in mind that my purpose is not to engage in details about wind, rain, snow, storms, historical climatology,
Milankovitch cycles, or any of the common topics discussed about climate. What I will discuss is some simple
physics.
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Basic Climate Physics #4
20-Mar-22
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Howard “Cork” Hayden, Prof. Emeritus of Physics, UConn, corkhayden@comcast.net |
Abstract: One fact at a time
This short essay is the fourth in a short series about basic (meaning all-inclusive) physics that pertains to the subject
of climate.
Bear in mind that my purpose is not to engage in details about wind, rain, snow, storms, historical climatology,
Milankovitch cycles, or any of the common topics discussed about climate. What I will discuss is some simple
physics.
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Basic Climate Physics #5
20-Mar-22
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Howard “Cork” Hayden, Prof. Emeritus of Physics, UConn, corkhayden@comcast.net |
Abstract: One fact at a time
This short essay is the fifth in a short series about basic (meaning all-inclusive) physics that pertains to the subject
of climate.
Bear in mind that my purpose is not to engage in details about wind, rain, snow, storms, historical climatology,
Milankovitch cycles, or any of the common topics discussed about climate. What I will discuss is some simple
physics.
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Basic Climate Physics #6
27-Mar-22
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Howard “Cork” Hayden, Prof. Emeritus of Physics, UConn, corkhayden@comcast.net |
Abstract: One fact at a time
This short essay is the sixth in a short series about basic (meaning all-inclusive) physics that pertains to the subject
of climate.
Bear in mind that my purpose is not to engage in details about wind, rain, snow, storms, historical climatology,
Milankovitch cycles, or any of the common topics discussed about climate. What I will discuss is some simple
physics.
We begin with a section from Basic Climate Physics #5
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Basic Climate Physics #7
27-Mar-22
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Howard “Cork” Hayden, Prof. Emeritus of Physics, UConn, corkhayden@comcast.net |
Abstract: One fact at a time
This short essay is the seventh in a short series about basic (meaning all-inclusive) physics that pertains to the subject
of climate.
Bear in mind that my purpose is not to engage in details about wind, rain, snow, storms, historical climatology,
Milankovitch cycles, or any of the common topics discussed about climate. What I will discuss is some simple
physics.
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Basic Climate Physics #8
27-Mar-22
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Howard “Cork” Hayden, Prof. Emeritus of Physics, UConn, corkhayden@comcast.net |
Abstract: One fact at a time
This short essay is the eighth in a short series about basic (meaning all-inclusive) physics that pertains to the subject
of climate.
Bear in mind that my purpose is not to engage in details about wind, rain, snow, storms, historical climatology,
Milankovitch cycles, or any of the common topics discussed about climate. What I will discuss is some simple
physics.
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Basic Climate Physics #9
27-Mar-22
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Howard “Cork” Hayden, Prof. Emeritus of Physics, UConn, corkhayden@comcast.net |
Abstract: One fact at a time
This short essay is the ninth in a short series about basic (meaning all-inclusive) physics that pertains to the subject
of climate.
Bear in mind that my purpose is not to engage in details about wind, rain, snow, storms, historical climatology,
Milankovitch cycles, or any of the common topics discussed about climate. What I will discuss is some simple
physics.
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Basic Climate Physics #10
27-Mar-22
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Howard “Cork” Hayden, Prof. Emeritus of Physics, UConn, corkhayden@comcast.net |
Abstract: One fact at a time
This short essay is the tenth in a short series about basic (meaning all-inclusive) physics that pertains to the subject
of climate.
Bear in mind that my purpose is not to engage in details about wind, rain, snow, storms, historical climatology,
Milankovitch cycles, or any of the common topics discussed about climate. What I will discuss is some simple
physics.
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Basic Climate Physics - Extended UN Deficiency
01-Oct-22
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Howard Hayden |
Abstract: CO2 Emissions - For some wavelengths, infrared travels less than a meter before being absorbed by CO2 at our present concentration of about 400 molecules per million molecules of air (ppmv). For a lot more wavelengths, the IR is stopped before going 10 meters. Accordingly, even with only 1 percent as much CO2 as we have, CO2 would be a strong greenhouse absorber. However, we are concerned with what happens as the atmospheric CO2 concentration increases from 400 ppmv [parts per million in volume] to 800 ppmv, as may happen during the next century.
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