Environmental Doublespeak on Global Warming

The following is from the latest report from the global warming religion.

“The Earth's surface temperature hasn't warmed as expected over the past decade.” Hmmm, the evil “deniers” have been saying this for years. And, “One study out earlier this month theorized that the Earth's climate may be less sensitive to greenhouse gases than currently assumed.” Hmmm again, “deniers” have also been saying this for a very long time.

“Water vapor, a potent, natural greenhouse gas, is "a wild card" of global warming, says the paper's lead author, senior scientist Susan Solomon of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder, Colo.” Well, indeed. Water vapor is THEE greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, not CO2. It’s nice for the scientific world to finally catch up with what everyone has known for a hundred years.

The report continues, “In the paper, Solomon and her colleagues found that a drop in the concentration of water vapor in the stratosphere very likely made substantial contributions to the flattening of the global warming trend since about 2000." Now this is something, for two reasons: 1) the assertion that less water vapor causes the earth to warm. Every weatherman, every atmospheric scientist, and every high schooler knows the opposite is true. Less water causes the earth to warm, it lets in more solar radiation. 2) and it’s astounding that she admits to the “flattening of the warming trend,” during the last decade. According to the computer models the planet is to supposed to be accelerating near the boiling point by now.

The report continues, “The findings are "surprising," says Bill Randel, an atmospheric chemist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, who was not part of the study. He said it was surprising how big an effect such a very little change in stratospheric water vapor has had on the surface climate.” Translated, this means, we have no idea what’s going on, we’re supposed to be real smart people, but this dang atmosphere just keeps fooling us.

The humor continues, “Although it's known that water vapor in the troposphere increases as the climate warms, models do a poor job of simulating water vapor in the stratosphere.” To say computer models do a “poor job” is to heap high praise on them–they are absolutely worthless, and so far off the mark it’s surprising anyone continues to give them any credence at all.