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Claes Johnson and the Schwarzschild Equation

Claes Johnson offered an analysis which claimed that the Schwarzchild equation used to do radiative transfer calculations is wrong. However, Johnson made up his own incorrect version of the Schwarzchild equation and made other errors, which render his conclusions nonsensical.

2023-09-20

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Did Thomas Allmendinger show that Nitrogen and Oxygen absorb infrared radiation?

A 2016 experiment by Thomas Allmendinger claimed to have demonstrated that infrared radiation is absorbed by gases such as nitrogen, oxygen, and noble gasses, thereby invalidating the status of water vapor and CO2 as Greenhouse gasses. However, the flawed experiment actually demonstrated aluminum foil absorbing radiation.

2023-03-07

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Response to Terigi Ciccone’s “Revised, Why can’t CO2 and Greenhouse effects cause global Warming?”

Terigi Ciccone published a whitepaper titled “REVISED, WHY CAN’T CO2 AND GREENHOUSE EFFECTS CAUSE GLOBAL WARMING?” (2021). It’s apparently a “Top Download” on academia.edu. I was curious. So, I carefully reviewed it. The paper is a nice collection of many…

2022-11-25

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Thunderstorm World: A Simple Climate Model

Climate blogger Willis Eschenbach has suggested that tropical thunderstorms provide a “thermostatic mechanism” that helps to stabilize the temperature of the Earth within a narrow range. He has also offered a procedure for predicting surface temperatures changes in response to increased radiative forcing...

2021-05-16

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Did Nikolov and Zeller prove that atmospheres warm planets only through pressure and not as a result of greenhouse gases?

Comparison of planetary temperatures and predictions from 4 models

Nikolov & Zeller published an empirical formula for the temperature of a planet which depends on atmospheric effects only through pressure. N&Z perceived a problem that wasn’t really there, and found a "solution" that is neither statistically significant nor compatible with the laws of physics...

2021-04-04

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Did Gerlich and Tscheuschner prove there is no atmospheric greenhouse effect?

Earth's heat flows as percent of insolation

Gerlich & Tscheuschner published a paper purporting to prove that there is no such thing as an atmospheric greenhouse effect. Instead, they proved they have no idea what is meant by the “atmospheric greenhouse effect.” Yet, many people believe their conclusions. So...

2021-03-22

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How would you respond to someone who says “Carbon dioxide can’t warm anything to more than -80ºC because its radiation has a wavelength of 15 microns?”

This claim is based on misleading ideas about the significance of comparing the 15-micron primary emission wavelength of CO₂ to the peak emission wavelength of an ideal black-body radiator at a temperature of -80ºC...

2021-03-07