Category Archives: Carbon dioxide

Crowdsourced Climate Complexity – Compiling the WUWT Potential Climatic Variables Reference Page

Posted on February 19, 2012 by

By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” With the help of an array of WUWT reader comments, which began on this thread on January, 15th 2011, and grew on January 22nd, 2011, February 10th, 2011, February 28th, 2011, June 30th, 2011 … Continue reading →

Posted in AMO, Announcements, Antarctic, Arctic, Carbon dioxide, carbon sequestration, Citizen science, climate data, clouds, cosmic rays, dust storms, earth, education, energy, ENSO, Environment, feedbacks, flooding, forecasting, geothermal energy, global warming, hurricanes, Land use land cover change, lightning, measurement, Methane, modeling, oceans, PDO, Science, sea ice, snowfall, Temperature, tornadoes, UHI, weather | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 113 Comments

Support for the saturated greenhouse effect leaves the likelihood of AGW tipping points in the cold

Posted on February 8, 2012 by

From The Hockey Shtick, word of a new paper that supports Miskolczi’s theory of saturated greenhouse effect. We’ve seen this before, in the form of this graph. In 2006, Willis Eschenbach posted this graph on Climate Audit showing the logarithmic … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, climate sensitivity | Tagged , , , , , | 133 Comments

CO2 Sensitivity is Multi-Modal – All bets are off

Posted on December 18, 2011 by

Guest Post by Ira Glickstein A multi-modal probability distribution, such as the graphic below [from Schmittner 2011], cries out “MULTIPLE POPULATIONS”. Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity (expected temperature increase due to a doubling of CO2 levels, all else being equal) is distinctly … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, climate sensitivity | Tagged , , , , , , , | 153 Comments

Tisdale schools the website “Skeptical Science” on CO2 obsession

Posted on December 7, 2011 by

On the SkepticalScience Post “Pielke Sr. Misinforms High School Students” By Bob Tisdale OVERVIEW I rarely visit the website SkepticalScience, which is run by proponents of anthropogenic global warming, because most of their posts are the simple parroting of the findings … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, IPCC | Tagged , , , , , , , | 91 Comments

Hurricanes and Global Warming – Opinion by Chris Landsea

Posted on December 2, 2011 by

While I was looking into Chris Landsea’s recent activities, I came across a new essay that is a pleasant change of pace from the Climategate Emails. While it is definitely an opinion piece, and a wonderful example of how to … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Gore, AMO, Carbon dioxide, hurricanes, Methane, Michael E. Mann, Sea Surface Temperature | Tagged , | 65 Comments

Linking an ancient CO2 drop to the Antarctic Ice Sheet using algae as a proxy

Posted on December 2, 2011 by

From Purdue University , another “just in time for Durban” press release. When you see phrases like “the mother of all tipping points” and you know this is overhyped control knob science. Drop in carbon dioxide levels led to polar … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, Carbon dioxide | Tagged | 79 Comments

Oyster crisis: Yale 360 eco-activist author Elizabeth Grossman wrong again about ocean acidification

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

I remember during my tour of Australia last year, when our talk was rudely interrupted by the king of reef madness, Ove Hugh-Guldberg, my co-presenter David Archibald quipped from the dais, paraphrasing Samuel Johnson, that “ocean acidification is the last … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, oceans | Tagged , , , , , , , | 116 Comments

Carbon, on the uptake

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

From the University of Bristol Carbon cycling was much smaller during last ice age than in today’s climate Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the most important greenhouse gases and the increase of its abundance in the atmosphere by … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, paleoclimatology | Tagged , , , , , , , | 85 Comments

The Fate of All Carbon

Posted on November 13, 2011 by

Guest post by David Archibald The fate of all carbon is Davy Jones’ locker. Following the post on the imminent decline in world oil production and the effect that would have on agricultural operating costs at http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/10/27/peak-oil-now-for-the-downslope/, let’s have a … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide | Tagged , , , , , | 187 Comments

An ironic juxtaposition of our elders and CO2

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

A strange juxtaposition in the news today about our older generation, carbon dioxide, and climate change. It seems the past 60 crowd produce less CO2 in their activities than the rest of us. It seems they also believe it affects … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide | Tagged , , , | 61 Comments

The Unknown Unknowns of Global Warming

Posted on October 29, 2011 by

Plants, both through decay and respiration, are responsible for over half of the world’s annual carbon dioxide emissions. I mention this fact for one reason and that is to communicate the power of the biosphere upon the atmosphere. Usually, when … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, climate sensitivity, feedbacks, modeling | Tagged , | 60 Comments

This is seriously fluxed up

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

From Yale University  pick which one is the true message of this press release: 1. The title of the press release: US rivers and streams saturated with carbon. 2. The pointless statistic: Rivers and streams in the United States are … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide | Tagged , , | 114 Comments

Plant trees, not carbon laws

Posted on October 13, 2011 by

From the University of Michigan U-M ecologist: Future forests may soak up more carbon dioxide than previously believed An aerial view of the 38-acre experimental forest in Wisconsin where U-M researchers and their colleagues continuously exposed birch, aspen and maple … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, carbon sequestration | Tagged , , | 116 Comments

Should the Baltic Sea be taxed for CO2 emissions?

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

The Baltic Sea contributes carbon dioxide to the atmosphere The Baltic Sea emits more carbon dioxide than it can bind. Local variations have increased the exposure of the Bay of Bothnia. These are the results from a study of how … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide | Tagged , , , | 22 Comments

Turning CO2 into fuel

Posted on October 7, 2011 by

From the University of Illinois – Ionic liquid catalyst helps turn emissions into fuel University of Illinois chemical and biological engineering professor Paul Kenis and his research group joined forces with researchers at Dioxide Materials, a startup company, to produce … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, energy | Tagged , , , , | 104 Comments

Global Warming Potentials

Posted on October 2, 2011 by

Global Warming Potentials fail because gas concentrations are not “well-mixed” Guest post by Dr. Vincent Gray I came across this revealing statement on page 247 of the IPCC Third Assessment Report (2001). paragraph 4.1.4. Chapter 4 “The atmospheric lifetime is … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide | Tagged , , | 91 Comments

Plants gobbling up CO2 – 45% more than thought

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

From the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres a clear indication for those “CO2 is plant food” scoffers that the plants don’t care what they think. Productivity of land plants may be greater than previously thought Researchers recommend the reworking … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide | Tagged , , , , | 123 Comments

Just in time: shale oil use without creating carbon dioxide

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

From the American Chemical Society , something that will cause synapse arcing in Bill McKibben’s and Joe Romm’s brains. I guess Obama can build that Keystone XL pipeline after all. Bzzt! Using the energy in oil shale without releasing carbon … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, energy | Tagged , | 40 Comments

Kyoto fail – CO2 emissions still going up

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

From the European Commission Joint Research Centre Steep increase in global CO2 emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries Global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) – the main cause of global warming – increased by 45 % between 1990 and 2010, … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide | Tagged , | 99 Comments

A blast from the gas in the past

Posted on August 31, 2011 by

From the AGU today, I find they are moving the cause of ancient planetary disaster from comets impacts and volcanoes or other big events to CO2 causing acidification of the oceans, literally they have a blast from the gas, to … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, oceans, paleoclimatology | 82 Comments

Diamonds the size of potatoes shoot up at 40 miles per hour from their birthplace 100 miles below Earth’s surface and other strange carbon tales

Posted on August 29, 2011 by

From the American Chemical Society the same folks who are looking for science superheroes, carbon tales of the weird. Tackling mysteries about carbon, possible oil formation and more deep inside Earth DENVER, Aug. 28, 2011 — How do diamonds the … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, Curious things | Tagged | 101 Comments

NIST – more GHG measurement needed

Posted on August 17, 2011 by

From the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Greenhouse gases: The measurement challenge The continuing increase in the level of carbon dioxide and other “greenhouse gases” in the Earth’s atmosphere has been identified as a cause for serious concern … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, measurement | 29 Comments

Worldwide CO2 emissions and the futility of any action in the West

Posted on August 7, 2011 by

Guest post by Ed Hoskins Prof Richard Muller in a presentation made last October [1] made the dilemma facing the warmists abundantly clear: The developing world is ‘not joining-in with CO2 emission reductions nor does it have any intention of … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, Copenhagen Climate Conference, presentations | 93 Comments

The Emily Litella moment for climate science and CO2 ?

Posted on August 5, 2011 by

There is quite a bit of buzz surrounding a talk and pending paper from Prof. Murry Salby  the Chair of Climate, of Macquarie University. Aussie Jo Nova has excellent commentary, as has Andrew Bolt in his blog. I’m sure others … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide | Tagged , , , , , | 499 Comments

Uh oh, CO2 actually reverses temperature effect on rangelands

Posted on August 3, 2011 by

The results of a USDA experiment called PHACE (Prairie Heating and CO2 Enrichment) where liquid CO2 is injected into the ground from a storage tank, then effects measure on grassland growth, shows a surprising result: increased range grass growth leading … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Carbon dioxide | Tagged , , , | 57 Comments