The asteroids we're talking about have orbits that cross Earth's orbit so depending on the timing they're not always that far away from Earth. It would be easiest to deflect its orbit several orbits before it's due to hit Earth.
The one I worry about is a large comet coming in from the Kuiper Belt that we don't detect until it's inside of Saturn's orbit. That would be pretty tough to deflect.
Well, the actual science says otherwise. Do you really think because ice core data shows CO2 increased as a feedback of warming caused by Milankovitch cycles that it's not possible for CO2 on its own to cause warming. Laboratory physics says otherwise. Interglacial temperatures would never reach as high as they do without the warming that CO2 adds.
Water vapor can not cause global warming but is strictly a feedback that increases it when some other cause raises temperatures. You could pump all of the water vapor into the atmosphere that you want and the main effect would be an increase in precipitation downwind from the release point. The only way to effectively increase the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere is to increase the temperature of the atmosphere. Water vapor is not a cause of global warming except as a feedback of increased temperatures. Even Spencer and Lindzen would tell you that.
CO2 on the other hand can not precipitate out of the atmosphere under any naturally occurring conditions so adding it to the atmosphere increases its level. The natural processes that remove CO2 from the atmosphere operate on scales of centuries and millennia as opposed to water vapor's scales of hours and days.
You Angelino's are already stealing water from the Colorado River and the Owens River. If you want Columbia River water you can put the mouth of your pipeline about a mile off the mouth of the Columbia.
Yes, they'll have to set up a quick response team with containment booms and skimmer vessels in case of a spill. Bet they didn't consider that expense.
If I had points to give you'd get an informative mod for that. The average annual rainfall in Sitka is 86.1 inches. That amounts to around 2,350,000 gallons per acre. They probably won't be taking out enough water to even be noticeable to the locals.
You know, that certainly is the convention in the US. But when you say it (or even read it) it comes out as half a dollar. Or to make it clearer $5.00 would be spoken as five dollars and when I read it I think five dollars. Maybe it makes more sense at the end.
During the day clouds may tend to cool the planet but at night they hold heat in. It appears that overall clouds cause a slight warming effect.
Water vapor in the atmosphere is strictly limited by temperature. It can never be greater than the ambient conditions allow for any length of time. Since increased CO2 has increased atmospheric temperatures water vapor in the atmosphere has also increased (about 4%).
Well, it was Mann who applied for the grant. Cuccinelli is the AG who's trying to prosecute him. The grant Mann was applying for had nothing to do with his global warming research, it was about the interaction between the atmosphere and biosphere in the African savannah. The "hockey stick" papers he cited in the grant application had nothing to do with the grant but were merely a part of his CV included in the application. On top of that it can only be considered fraud if at the time of the application the applier knew that it was wrong. It's not against the law to simply be wrong.
On the issue of timeline the law Cuccinelli is trying to prosecute Mann under wasn't even passed until after Mann got the grant in question.
Considering that Cuccinelli has also covered up the naked breast on the Virgina State Seal (ala John Ashcroft) maybe there's some truth in your misreading.
Cuccinelli's alleged fraud is that in applying for a grant from the State of Virginia for a study on “Resolving the scale-wise sensitivities in the dynamical coupling between the climate and biosphere” he cited his papers MBH98 & MBH99 (the infamous hockey stick papers) as evidence of his scientific standing when he...
knew or should have known [that they] contained false information, unsubstantiated claims, and/or were otherwise misleading. Specifically, but without limitation, some of the conclusions of the papers demonstrate a complete lack of rigor regarding the statistical analysis of the alleged data, meaning the result reported lacked statistical significance without a specific statement to that effect.
Essentially he is saying any scientist can be considered guilty of fraud if anything in their published papers turns out to be incorrect even if they believed it to be accurate at the time.
Mars is a good candidate because you don't have as much terrain sticking up in the air.
Huh. Olympus Mons on Mars is the tallest known mountain in the solar system with the peak being 17 miles above the mean surface level on Mars. I'd say that's a lot of terrain sticking up in the air.
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And 25% know that Bush II was not elected legally (in 2000).
The asteroids we're talking about have orbits that cross Earth's orbit so depending on the timing they're not always that far away from Earth. It would be easiest to deflect its orbit several orbits before it's due to hit Earth.
The one I worry about is a large comet coming in from the Kuiper Belt that we don't detect until it's inside of Saturn's orbit. That would be pretty tough to deflect.
Well, the actual science says otherwise. Do you really think because ice core data shows CO2 increased as a feedback of warming caused by Milankovitch cycles that it's not possible for CO2 on its own to cause warming. Laboratory physics says otherwise. Interglacial temperatures would never reach as high as they do without the warming that CO2 adds.
Water vapor can not cause global warming but is strictly a feedback that increases it when some other cause raises temperatures. You could pump all of the water vapor into the atmosphere that you want and the main effect would be an increase in precipitation downwind from the release point. The only way to effectively increase the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere is to increase the temperature of the atmosphere. Water vapor is not a cause of global warming except as a feedback of increased temperatures. Even Spencer and Lindzen would tell you that.
CO2 on the other hand can not precipitate out of the atmosphere under any naturally occurring conditions so adding it to the atmosphere increases its level. The natural processes that remove CO2 from the atmosphere operate on scales of centuries and millennia as opposed to water vapor's scales of hours and days.
I think it's more of a branding thing. "Fresh Alaskan Water, the sweetest water you've ever tasted!"
You Angelino's are already stealing water from the Colorado River and the Owens River. If you want Columbia River water you can put the mouth of your pipeline about a mile off the mouth of the Columbia.
Signed, Hostile Native Oregonian.
Yes, they'll have to set up a quick response team with containment booms and skimmer vessels in case of a spill. Bet they didn't consider that expense.
If I had points to give you'd get an informative mod for that. The average annual rainfall in Sitka is 86.1 inches. That amounts to around 2,350,000 gallons per acre. They probably won't be taking out enough water to even be noticeable to the locals.
You know, that certainly is the convention in the US. But when you say it (or even read it) it comes out as half a dollar. Or to make it clearer $5.00 would be spoken as five dollars and when I read it I think five dollars. Maybe it makes more sense at the end.
During the day clouds may tend to cool the planet but at night they hold heat in. It appears that overall clouds cause a slight warming effect.
Water vapor in the atmosphere is strictly limited by temperature. It can never be greater than the ambient conditions allow for any length of time. Since increased CO2 has increased atmospheric temperatures water vapor in the atmosphere has also increased (about 4%).
In the editorial Mann says even if you ignore his work and the whole field of paleoclimate it doesn't change the climatologists conclusions on global warming.
So Mann doesn't really matter that much, he's just a convenient boogy man that people have heard about.
I believe the deletion of emails was requested by Phil Jones, not Michael Mann.
You know, wasps & hornets aren't out to get you unless you surprise or anger them somehow. You can usually avoid that if you pay attention.
Deer flies on the other hand are zeroing in on you for a meal so I'm with you on that.
Yes, many plants have specific mechanisms that interact the pollinator to transfer the pollen.
But pickles are okay.
I've always said I'm going to live forever or die trying.
As are the odds for eliminating any undesirable trait as well.
Stinging the bees, eh? I guess turnabout is fair play.
Well, it was Mann who applied for the grant. Cuccinelli is the AG who's trying to prosecute him. The grant Mann was applying for had nothing to do with his global warming research, it was about the interaction between the atmosphere and biosphere in the African savannah. The "hockey stick" papers he cited in the grant application had nothing to do with the grant but were merely a part of his CV included in the application. On top of that it can only be considered fraud if at the time of the application the applier knew that it was wrong. It's not against the law to simply be wrong.
On the issue of timeline the law Cuccinelli is trying to prosecute Mann under wasn't even passed until after Mann got the grant in question.
Considering that Cuccinelli has also covered up the naked breast on the Virgina State Seal (ala John Ashcroft) maybe there's some truth in your misreading.
Good luck proving that "Mann knew they were bogus".
Cuccinelli's alleged fraud is that in applying for a grant from the State of Virginia for a study on “Resolving the scale-wise sensitivities in the dynamical coupling between the climate and biosphere” he cited his papers MBH98 & MBH99 (the infamous hockey stick papers) as evidence of his scientific standing when he ...
knew or should have known [that they] contained false information, unsubstantiated claims, and/or were otherwise misleading. Specifically, but without limitation, some of the conclusions of the papers demonstrate a complete lack of rigor regarding the statistical analysis of the alleged data, meaning the result reported lacked statistical significance without a specific statement to that effect.
Essentially he is saying any scientist can be considered guilty of fraud if anything in their published papers turns out to be incorrect even if they believed it to be accurate at the time.
He is committing barratry a misdemeanor under Virginia law (according to the Wiki article).
Wait, isn't Sharron Angle the person who suggested we pay our doctor bill with chickens?!!
Mars is a good candidate because you don't have as much terrain sticking up in the air.
Huh. Olympus Mons on Mars is the tallest known mountain in the solar system with the peak being 17 miles above the mean surface level on Mars. I'd say that's a lot of terrain sticking up in the air.
As long as you avoid the areas where they've been doing mountain top removal coal mining.