I would like to preface this by apologizing for any past and future bad typing. I am historically one of the worst typers around and even after years of forum posting it just seems to get worse instead of better.
Xnn- The physics seems in doubt. I'll have to see if there was a rebuttal from G and T to Arthur Smith's paper.
I did find some discussion on Atmoz from 2007
http://atmoz.org/blog/2007/07/10/fal...house-effects/
I also found this heated response by Gerlich and Tscheuschner on a random blog while searching (i'll grant the blogspace seems a bit out there
http://antigreen.blogspot.com/2008/0...ople-have.html
interesting article and well written argument, but there is an issue. his whole discussion is based on the idea that anthropogenic CO2 is the cause of warming as he states himself
Quote:
When the cause of warming is anthropogenic CO2, either temperature leads CO2 or, perhaps for more complicated models, CO2 leads temperature.
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the issue is he has not done the other side "when the cause of warming is NOT anthropogenic CO2......" I've seen physicists and climatologist use Occam's razor to support the opposite
Studies show that warming Oceans release CO2. Meaning there is a net loss of previously absorbed CO2 into the atmosphere since there is still some absorption due to surface mixing.
The warming ocean warms the atmosphere and increases atmospheric CO2
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal...ture06227.html
http://harvardmagazine.com/2002/11/t...bon-cycle.html
Make sure to read through the comments of that Harvard article.
Also Acidification is not necessarily a bad thing
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1201182622.htm
Back to Flooding for a moment. River flooding events happen periodically and have many causes. My wife works in river/wetlands restoration here in oregon and can(as well as others) readily tell you that urbanization, inadequate runoff management, river/stream channeling and encroachment into traditional flood plains are very real causes of contemporary flooding.
this study(possibly the only study) of the 2007 flooding in England and Wales reports the same issues as the root cause
http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archi...s_item_05.html
hmm.. I have been typing in short bursts while having family time. There was more I was going to add here but its late . Ill have to pick it up another time