Also published at Skeptical Science This is a climate model: T = [(1-α)S/(4εσ)]1/4 (T is temperature, α is the albedo, S is the incoming solar radiation, ε is the emissivity, and σ is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant) An extremely simplified climate model, that is. It’s one line long, and is at the heart of every computer [...]
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How do climate models work?
Posted in Science Lessons, tagged arctic, atmosphere, cesm, chemistry, climate change, climate models, education, global warming, IPSL, mathematics, NOAA, ocean, physics, programming, science on January 20, 2012 | 29 Comments »
“It’s Just a Natural Cycle”
Posted in Science Lessons, tagged arctic, carbon dioxide, climate change, education, el nino, enso, environment, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, ice age, little ice age, media, medieval warm period, natural cycle, ocean, pdo, science, skeptical science, sun, volcanoes on January 11, 2011 | 10 Comments »
My second rebuttal for Skeptical Science. Thanks to all the folks who helped to review it! Further suggestions are welcome, as always. -Kate “What if global warming is just a natural cycle?” This argument is, perhaps, one of the most common raised by the average person, rather than someone who makes a career out of [...]
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