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In a shocking display of academic integrity, two eminent professors published a masterfully complex paper that undermines the foundation of climate alarmism. MIT’s Richard Lindzen, Professor of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Emeritus, and Princeton’s William Happer, Professor of Physics, Emeritus, published a paper titled PHYSICS DEMONSTRATES THAT INCREASING GREENHOUSE GASES CANNOT CAUSE DANGEROUS WARMING, EXTREME WEATHER OR ANY HARM. ...
Lindzen and Happer use physics to demonstrate that CO2’s warming effect is limited by its logarithmic absorption of infrared radiation. The warming effect of each molecule of CO2 decreases as its concentration increases. They estimate low climate sensitivity (~0.5–1.5°C per CO2 doubling), which is far below the IPCC’s range of 2.5–4°C.
They contend that Hurricanes, droughts, and floods exhibit no apparent increase in frequency driven by CO2, with natural variability dominating (e.g., NOAA’s stable hurricane frequency since 1980). They demonstrate that higher CO2 levels enhance photosynthesis, resulting in a 14% global greening trend (NASA, 1982–2015) and a 20% increase in crop yields (FAO, 2000–2020).
They then emphasize that phasing out fossil fuels, which supply 80% of global energy (IEA, 2023), will raise costs and harm developing nations, with minimal climate benefit. Their physics-based approach challenges high-sensitivity climate models, which have overestimated warming in periods such as 1998–2014. They also align with skepticism of alarmist policies, like EPA regulations, which they’ve called a “hoax” in prior work.
The premise of man-made climate change hinges on three key facts: CO2 traps heat, humans have increased CO2 levels (~420 ppm today vs. 280 ppm pre-industrial), and this drives global warming. Lindzen and Happer don’t dispute the first two but argue that the warming is minimal and benign.
They contend CO2 is not destroying the planet; it’s enhancing life on it. Across the globe, elevated CO2 levels are supercharging plant growth and delivering bountiful crop harvests at unprecedented rates.
Lindzen and Happer use physics to demonstrate that CO2’s warming effect is limited by its logarithmic absorption of infrared radiation. The warming effect of each molecule of CO2 decreases as its concentration increases
https://www.energy.gov/topics/climate
Hooorah! What a difference a new team makes.
https://www.energy.gov/topics/climate
Hooorah! What a difference a new team makes.


Half of Canada is on fire since June. Guess where? In the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and Manitoba.
It just so happens that these are the four provinces making the most noise about leaving the corrupt Canadian federation.
Coincidence? If not, why aren't Ontario and Quebec burning as well?
Globohomo at its finest . . .
Literally looks like someone just took a road trip and started stuff on fire. It's been bad here in IL the last 5 years for sure. I mean at what point do all the forests burn down?
And now solar:
Maybe that's why proto- and early humans grew bigger brains - to compete against increased CO2 in the atmosphere.
WTF ? I think its more natural than man made as part of the Earth's natural cycle
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/for-the-first-time-in-history-an-entire-nation-is-about-to-be-evacuated-because-of-global-warming/ar-AA1KcXDQ
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WTF ? I think its more natural than man made as part of the Earth's natural cycle
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/for-the-first-time-in-history-an-entire-nation-is-about-to-be-evacuated-because-of-global-warming/ar-AA1KcXDQ
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You won't deny that atmospheric oxygen levels were up to 100% higher in the history of the Earth?
stereotomy says
You won't deny that atmospheric oxygen levels were up to 100% higher in the history of the Earth?
Not during the human era. Good thing, imagine the size of mosquitos that could exist in a 40% oxygen atmosphere.
dragonflies over a foot long
Geologist Prof. Ian Plimer: "There is no climate emergency... It has never been proven that human emissions of carbon dioxide drive global warming."
"Only 3% of emissions are from humans, the rest is natural... So if you're to prove that humans, and their emissions of the the gas of life, change climate, then you also have to prove that the natural emissions—97% of all emissions—don't change climate."
"That has never been addressed."


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