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Solar Sensitivity

Once the average available solar power is above 310W/m2, you can add up to an additional 50 W/m2 without increasing the surface temperature one bit.

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Scatterplot Sensitivity

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach This is the third post looking at the use of 1° latitude by 1° longitude gridcell-based scatterplots. The first post, Global Scatterplots, looked at a…

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Transient Climate Response from Observations 1979-2022

The best estimate of TCR based on CMIP6 models (the red line in Fig.1) is 1.6K / 2*CO2, following the cited paper.

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Climate Sensitivity from 1970-2021 Warming Estimates

.. the observational data suggest lower climate sensitivities (ECS) than promoted by the IPCC with a central estimate of +2.09 deg C. for the global average. This is at the bottom end of the latest...

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Equilibrium Doubled-CO2 Sensitivity by Observational Methods

On that basis, each $1 billion that Britain and the world spends on chasing after net zero will prevent just one thirty-millionth of a degree of warming that would otherwise have occurred.

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New Harvard Study Proves Exxon Scientists Far Superior at Predicting Climate...

GIVE EXXON A NOBEL PRIZE! The post New Harvard Study Proves Exxon Scientists Far Superior at Predicting Climate than the IPCC or James Hansen first appeared on Watts Up With That?.

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Sunshine and Temperature in Holland

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Well, the endless curiosity of my monkey-mind led me to some interesting datasets over at KNMI. They’re a variety of meteorological measurements made in Holland… The...

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The error of the mean: a dispute between Gavin Schmidt and Nicola Scafetta

By Andy May You can read this post in German here, courtesy of Christian Freuer. Here we go again, writing on the proper use of statistics in climate science. Traditionally,…

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The Mysterious AR6 ECS, Part 1

By Andy May Christian Freuer has translated this post to German here. The climate sensitivity to CO2 and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) is arguably the most important number in the…

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The Mysterious AR6 ECS, Part 2, the Impact of Clouds

By Andy May Christian Freuer has translated this post to German here. The yearly net impact of clouds on outgoing and incoming radiation varies over one W/m2 from year-to-year, according…

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The Mysterious AR6 ECS, Part 3, What is Climate Sensitivity?

By Andy May Christian Freuer has translated this post to German here. In part one we discussed various estimates of climate sensitivity (ECS, TCR, and observation-based values) and what they…

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The Mysterious AR6 ECS, Part 4, converting observations to ECS

By Andy May Christian Freuer has translated this post to German here. In part one we discussed various estimates of climate sensitivity (ECS, TCR, and observation-based values) and what they…

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The Elephants in The Room

On that assumption, each $1 billion spent on abatement would prevent less than 1/10,000,000 C:

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How Much Warming Can We Expect in the 21st Century?

Assuming that the climate sensitivity from Lewis22 is correct and that RCP3.4 is the most appropriate emissions scenario, then we find that global temperatures will rise by less than 1°C from 2023 to...

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More on the statistical dispute between Scafetta and Schmidt

By Andy May The argument about the proper way to estimate error in the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF) ERA5 weather reanalysis dataset between Nicola Scafetta and Gavin… The...

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An Unsettling Insight

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I got to thinking about the classical way to measure the very poorly-named “greenhouse effect”, which has nothing to do with greenhouses. To my knowledge,… The post An...

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Spencer and Christy’s new climate sensitivity paper has been published – and...

From Dr. Roy Spencer: If we assume ALL *observed* warming of the deep oceans and land since 1970 has been due to humans, we get an effective climate sensitivity to… The post Spencer and Christy’s new...

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Hansen’s latest overheated global warming claims are based on poor science

...he leads are increasingly strongly biased towards overheated projections and dire conclusions. The post Hansen’s latest overheated global warming claims are based on poor science first appeared on...

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A Thought Experiment; Simplifying the Climate Riddle.

Is it possible to simplify the climate sensitivity debate? The post A Thought Experiment; Simplifying the Climate Riddle. first appeared on Watts Up With That?.

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New Journal of Climate Study Reduces Doubled CO2 Climate Sensitivity By 40%,...

From the NoTricksZone By Kenneth Richard Doubling the 2005 CO2 concentration (380 ppm) to 760 ppm only produces a globally-averaged 2.26 W/m² perturbation at the top of the atmosphere (TOA). This…

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