Re:‘Something weird is going on’: Antarctic sea ice stays at...
by lm28469 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @08:45AM
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Yep, and in fine doesn't matter if it comes from the sun, the earth core or too many cow farts, the end result is the same
Re:‘Something weird is going on’: Antarctic sea ice stays at...
by defrost on Saturday July 29, 2023 @08:50AM
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We cannot do much about heat from the core, but that's essentially steady state in the short term (50 year time scales) and declining in the long term (heading towards a cold rock).
We cannot do anything about the output of the sun, we can 'shade' ourselves by blowing bubbles in space or by (very very carefully) altering the atmosphere.
We can more directly alter our CO2 output and work on recovery from the atmosphere.
Yes, the sun shines and brings energy from above, yes the core is hot and brings energy from below.
This was known centuries ago and is accounted for.
"The ethical skeptic" is just parroting another form of denialism; it's not us, it's the flucuations from the sun, it's not us, the core is suddenly radiating more heat outwards, maybe it's the volcanos, perhaps it's cosmic rays.
The thermodynamics here is straightforward enough, we have put a measureably significant volume of thermal insulating gas into the atmosphere and have the records to prove it, more energy from the sun is being trapped, the land | sea surface layer has more energy for storms, tipping climate cell behaviour, heating, etc.