Waaaay OT: Global cooling again.

Umm, does this have to do with the density of CO2 acting as an insulation layer preventing what little warming sun there is? And, btw - reference? Wikipedia isn't exactly valid...

ellice

It is much more complex than that. Reference. Yahoo discussion group of Climate Sheptics. Author. William Kinninmonth, who is, I believe, a professor of Meteorology at some US University; I think Chicago, but dont quote me. I dont really understand it, but anything that absorbs radiation, also emits the same radiation. The sun does not shine at all over Antaretica in winter, so basically the so-called greenhouse gases emit rather than absorb radiation.

Sorry I spelt the name wrong it is Kininmonth.

Thanks Jim. Curious - and, umm, I do have a masters (and my doctoral work) in ME with my emphasis in the Thermo-Fluids. Even wrote a some stupid paper long ago on a heat transfer, energy, thermo thing. But, in general I don't post equations on RCTN and was asking if that was the simple version. Interesting take on radiation - it's not exactly like a direct reflection else everytime an x-ray was taken your body would not absorb any radiation dosage, etc.

I think I'll do a little looking. Of course there are all kinds of groups of skeptics, and some "science" or "historical fact" could be pulled out of anything.

ellice