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Re:Permafrost ‘bubbles’ are leaking methane 200 times above ... by phaemon on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @10:28AM (#12443659)
The calculation comes from the physicists who came up with it of course. Are you saying they were wrong? Do you have a link to a paper showing this?
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Re:Permafrost ‘bubbles’ are leaking methane 200 times above ... by dozzie on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @11:12AM (#12444040)
> The calculation comes from the physicists who came up with it of course.

This is the part I'm not so sure about. Physicists tend to not bother with climatology.

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Re:Permafrost ‘bubbles’ are leaking methane 200 times above ... by phaemon on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @11:28AM (#12444171)
What gave you that idea? Radiative transfer is physics. That doesn't change because we're talking about planet earth. I would guess that most scientists involved in climatology have a physics background.

Edit: for example, Radiative Forcing in the AR5 http://climate.envsci.rutgers.edu/climdyn2013/IPCC/IPCC_WGI1...

The main author is Drew Shindell, Professor of Climate Studies, PhD in Physics.

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