From: (Dave=A0Hall)
On Mon, 16 May 2005 18:17:40 -0400, (I
AmnotGeorgeBush) wrote:
The history of the earth's climate is well documented back to the
begining of the earth's creation...grammar school basic earth and
science taught this. Carbon dating confirms much and plays a large part
of the techniques used to arrive at such widely accepted and mainstream
taught scientific facts.

Again, we know what the climate was, but not

conclusively how it got that way.


It's called weather. Weather coupled with other events.

There are

many good theories, but that's all they are.


Changing the topic from one of you learning how global warming is
defined, studied, and confirmed to another serves only to solidify your
pain in ebing incorrect.

Like I told Frank, science can tell us that, for

instance, it was once tropical in Montana, and

that Glaciers covered much of the northern

United States during different time periods.

This proves that the earth's climate has

vacillated in a fairly wide range. But what this

DOESN'T tell us is how much of the current

global warming cycle can be attributed to

natural cyclic climatic changes, and how much
of it is a direct result of man made pollution.

Sure it can, and does. The amount of many chemical releases in the
atmosphere are man made. Many are not man made.

Exactly, which is why it is extremely difficult to

make a positive determination as to the

percentage of man's contribution to the total

amount of global warming.


It's not difficult at all. I just taught you that the concentration of
such gases, such as methane gas, is but a single method by which is
measured.
Some are both. However,
science has methods of measuring
each,,including natural occurring vs. manmade chemicals,,,such as
methane gases.

Yes, and that "science" is in much dispute

right now as there are many scientists who do

not accept the findings of others as

conclusive. There are still many assumptions

being made.


Not regarding global warming. Twenty years ago, yes..today, it is widely
accepted and taught mainstream.

Without a point of reference, it is extremely

difficult to positively determine how much we

are changing the climate.

The point of reference is the richness/ concentration of the gas.

Which we cannot positively ascertain because

we do not know how much of that gas truly

came as a result of man-made pollution


versus that which is naturally occurring.


But we do.

One large volcano eruption, for instance, can

drastically effect the concentration of methane

.gasses in the atmosphere.


Yes, but it does not dilute or enrich what is already there, it simply
adds quantity to one or the other. Such an example is very easily taken
into consideration and calculations allow for the exact molecular
configuration when determining such factors. This is done by the precise
and absolute measuremtn of related contributions, such as time of
eruption, length of eruption, velocity of eruption, etc., etc.

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An
example can be the amount of methane in a predetermined air sample.
Higher concentrations of the gas can be attributed to manmade releases
and emissions.

Or a volcano eruption. Methane gas does not

have a "tag" which says "man made" or

natural.

We can only measure the total concentration.
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Which is the exact manner in which to tell man-made from natural.
=A0It's elementary for anyone with a fair retainment value that took
college science classes.

Since you called it "elementary", it's obvious

that you've never studied it, as it is far too

complex a process to be called "elementary".

Umm,,no. Go back and reread just what I called "elementary"... not what
you felt the need to misrepresent here.

By attempting to make this issue simpler than

it really is, you also disparage the scientists

who do this for a living.

It is very simple for anyone who has ever taken college science classes,
but gases are introduced in elementary school science.
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Chloroflourocarbons released by the burning of fossil fuels is directly
linked to global warming.

No argument. But you can't positively

determine the rate of global warming that

might still be occurring if we suddenly stopped
using fossil fuels today.


Sure you can. One measures the rate of speed the studied glaciers melt.
If they suddenly stopped melting and began growing, the figured
equations and calculations are all that's left to give you the answer
you seek.
Global warming was proved by the continual shrinkage of the polar ice
cap confirmed by 24-7 high tech monitoring of such. Villages that reside
in the frozen tundra watch their mountains of ice shrink each year.

How much of that shrinkage would still be

occurring without man made pollution?

As you referred, the climate is thought to adhere to cycles, When the
cycles suddenly deviate substantially from the norm, it's dedeucedly

dedeucedly? Do you mean deductively?

Ha,,no I meant "deucedly", as in wickedly confirmed. I was watching the
penguin on the Dudley Doright cartoons and my fingers did their own
thing..

And

you chastise MY vocabulary and grammar.......

Huge difference. I admit my mistakes whereas you scream bloody murder or
try to ignore yours because of the pain they cause you.

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decided and accepted that something is
amiss.

First of all, there is no "norm" when it comes to

clim`atic shifts.



When "deviation from the norm" is used in such a reference, it means
deviation from the usual patterns. -You- were first to claim weather
patterns in his topic, now you again, self-contradict yourself.

Many of those shifts occurred as the direct

result of an external random event, such as

the asteroid strike which is generally the

current accepted theory for precipitating the

extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the

Cretaceous period.


Not any more. Perhaps when you were i grammar school, but the most
compelling andgenerally accepted theory now is they simply died out. The
meteor that caused the ice age that was originally thought to have
brought about the extinction of such creatures is now believed to have
occured many, many years after the dinosaurs have already become
extinct.

There are other craters all over the planet, as

evidence of other such strikes.

Yea,,and if you ever were west of the Mississippi, you would have
undoubtedly had the chance to see one.

There is also

evidence of large volcano eruptions,


..in 'patterns' of eras of high activity.

which

can spew enough particulate matter into the

atmosphere, that an "ice age" would likely

result.


And did.

The climatic shifts which occur between

these significant events is likely only the result
of climatic balance or a normalization from the
extremes caused by the random external

events. It's also conceivable that over the last

billion years, that the solar energy output from

the sun could have deviated to some degree

as well, which can certainly affect surface

temperature here.



It's not conceivable, it's been proved the sun's harmful rays have
intensified over time. This is because of the damage in the ozone layer.
This is called global warming.
Again, you come full circle. My work on this topic is done.

On Thu, 19 May 2005 10:01:53 -0400, (I
AmnotGeorgeBush) wrote:

It's also conceivable that over the last
billion years, that the solar energy output from
the sun could have deviated to some degree
as well, which can certainly affect surface
temperature here.



It's not conceivable, it's been proved the sun's harmful rays have
intensified over time. This is because of the damage in the ozone layer.

I'm not talking about the ozone layer, I'm talking about the sun's
actual energy output. Check this out:

http://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA203.html


This is called global warming.
Again, you come full circle. My work on this topic is done.

No one ever denied that global warming is occurring. The point of
contention is how much of it can truly be definitively attributed to
man's actions.

Some light reading for you to bring you up to speed:

http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/greenhouse_data.html

http://www.intellicast.com/DrDewpoint/Library/1305/

http://www.intellicast.com/DrDewpoint/Library/1395/

Your work on this topic is just beginning.......


Dave
"Sandbagger"

From: (Dave=A0Hall)
On Thu, 19 May 2005 10:01:53 -0400, (I
AmnotGeorgeBush) wrote:
=A0=A0It's also conceivable that over the last billion

years, that the solar energy output from the

sun could have deviated to some degree as

well, which can certainly affect surface

temperature here.

It's not conceivable (its definite), it's been proved the sun's harmful
rays have intensified over time. This is because of the damage in the
ozone layer.

I'm not talking about the ozone layer, I'm

talking about the sun's actual energy output.

Check this out:

http://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA203.html

This is called global warming.

Again, you come full circle. My work on this topic is done.

No one ever denied that global warming is

occurring. The point of contention is how

much of it can truly be definitively attributed to

man's actions.

Some light reading for you to bring you up to

speed:

http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/greenhouse_data.html


http://www.intellicast.com/DrDewpoint/Library/1305/

http://www.intellicast.com/DrDewpoint/Library/1395/

Your work on this topic is just beginning.......

Dave

"Sandbagger"

The intellicast links aren't compatible with webtv. Here are a few for
you, concerning your errors. Note the date on my references. They are
last word on the subject. Of course, if you have data confirmed since by
a verifiable source, feel free to post it....



http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...may20,1,60065=
96.story?ctrack=3D1&cset=3Dtrue
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THE WORLD
As Climate Shifts, Antarctic Ice Sheet Is Growing
Increased snowfall on the central icecap partly offsets effects of
melting glaciers, researchers say.
By Robert Lee Hotz, Times Staff Writer
As glaciers from Greenland to Kilimanjaro recede at record rates, the
central icecap of Antarctica has been steadily growing for 11 years,
partially offsetting the rise in seas from the melt waters of global
warming, researchers said Thursday.
The vast East Antarctic Ice Sheet =97 a 2-mile-thick wasteland larger
than Australia, drier than the Sahara and as cold as a Martian spring
=97 increased in mass every year from 1992 to 2003 because of additional
annual snowfall, an analysis of satellite radar measurements showed.
"It is an effect that has been predicted as a likely result of climate
change," said David Vaughan, an independent expert on the ice sheets at
the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge, England.
In a region known for the lowest temperatures recorded on Earth, it
normally is too cold for snow to form across the 2.7 million square
miles of the ice sheet. Any additional annual snowfall in East
Antarctica, therefore, is almost certainly attributable to warmer
temperatures, four experts on Antarctica said.
"As the atmosphere warms, it should hold more moisture," said
climatologist Joseph R. McConnell at the Desert Research Institute in
Reno, who helped conduct the study. "In East Antarctica, that means
there should be more snowfall."
The additional snowfall is enough to account for 45 billion tons of
water added to the ice sheet every year, just about equal to the amount
of water flowing annually into the ocean from the melting Greenland
icecap, the scientists reported in research published online Thursday by
the journal Science.
Rising sea level, which could swamp many coastal and island communities,
is considered one of the most serious potential consequences of global
warming, according to the most recent assessment by the United Nations'
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Overall, sea level is estimated to be rising by 1.8 millimeters a year
worldwide because of the expansion of warming water and the added
outwash from melting glaciers in Greenland, Alaska, tropical highlands
and some areas of Antarctica.
Every millimeter of increased sea level corresponds to about 350 billion
tons of water a year.
The growth in the East Antarctic icecap is enough to slow sea-level rise
by a fraction of that =97 about 0.12 millimeter a year =97 the
researchers reported.
All told, the fresh water locked up in the ice of East Antarctica is
enough to raise the level of the oceans by about 196 feet, experts said.
If it continues to grow as expected, the ice sheet could buffer some,
but not all, of the effects of anticipated sea-level rise for much of
the coming century, the researchers said.
"It is the only large body of ice absorbing sea level rise, not
contributing to it," said Curt H. Davis, a radar mapping expert at the
University of Missouri-Columbia, who led the research team.
The researchers based their conclusions on an analysis of 347 million
radar altimeter measurements made by the European Space Agency's ERS-1
and ERS-2 satellites from June 1992 to May 2003.
They determined that the icecap appeared to be thickening at the rate of
1.8 centimeters every year. The ice is thinning in West Antarctica and
other regions of the continent.
"The changes in the ice look like those expected for a warming world,"
said glaciologist Richard Alley at Pennsylvania State University. "The
new result in no way disproves global warming; if anything, the new
result supports global warming."
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One more for the road....

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Spin it again and tell us how Iraq is getting better, Dave.