Alan, cc “Geo” I can see why you referred this - but hope you won’t do another like it (and there are plenty - I found out)..
Ron > On Aug 24, 2019, at 9:42 AM, Alan Robock <rob...@envsci.rutgers.edu> wrote: > > Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International > > http://journaljgeesi.com/index.php/JGEESI/article/view/30157 > <http://journaljgeesi.com/index.php/JGEESI/article/view/30157> > > Geophysical Consequences of Tropospheric Particulate Heating: Further > Evidence that Anthropogenic Global Warming is Principally Caused by > Particulate Pollution > > J. Marvin Herndon > Transdyne Corporation, 11044 Red Rock Drive, San Diego, CA 92131, USA. > > Mark Whiteside > Florida Department of Health in Monroe County, 1100 Simonton Street, Key > West, FL 33040, USA. > > Abstract > The climate science community and the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel > on Climate Change have misinformed world governments by failing to > acknowledge tropospheric particulate geoengineering that has been ongoing > with ever-increasing duration and intensity for decades, and by treating > global warming solely as a radiation-balance issue, which has resulted in a > seriously incomplete understanding of the fundamental factors that affect > Earth’s surface temperature. Here we review the consequences of tropospheric > particulate heating by absorption of short- and long-wave solar radiation and > long-wave radiation from Earth’s surface. Generally, black carbon absorbs > light over the entire solar spectrum; brown carbon absorbs near-UV > wavelengths and, to a lesser extent, visible light; iron oxides are good > absorbers, the most efficient being magnetite. Pyrogenic coal fly ash, both > from coal burning and from tropospheric jet-spraying geoengineering (for > military purposes and/or climate engineering), contains carbon and iron > oxides, hematite and magnetite. The recently published climate-science > paradigm shift discloses that the main cause of global warming is not carbon > dioxide heat retention, but particulate pollution that absorbs radiation, > heats the troposphere, and reduces the efficiency of atmospheric-convective > heat removal from Earth’s surface. In addition to the World War II data, > three other independent lines of supporting evidence are reviewed: (1) > Passage overhead of the Mt. St. Helens volcanic plume; (2) Radiosonde and > aethalometer investigations of Talukdar et al.; and, (3) convection > suppression over the tropical North Atlantic caused by the Saharan-blown > dust. The risks associated with the placement of aerosol particulates into > the stratosphere, whether lofted naturally, inadvertently, or deliberately as > proposed for solar radiation management, poses grave risks, including the > destruction of atmospheric ozone. To solve global warming humanity must: (1) > Abruptly halt tropospheric particulate geoengineering; (2) Trap particulate > emissions from coal-fired industrial furnaces (especially in India and China) > and from vehicle exhaust; and, (3) Reduce particulate-forming fuel additives. > -- > Alan > > Alan Robock, Distinguished Professor > Associate Editor, Reviews of Geophysics > Department of Environmental Sciences Phone: +1-848-932-5751 > Rutgers University E-mail: rob...@envsci.rutgers.edu > <mailto:rob...@envsci.rutgers.edu> > 14 College Farm Road http://people.envsci.rutgers.edu/robock > <http://people.envsci.rutgers.edu/robock> > New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8551 USA ☮ http://twitter.com/AlanRobock > <http://twitter.com/AlanRobock> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "geoengineering" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/3c425571-66d0-504d-c81f-61d9a255d2ab%40envsci.rutgers.edu > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/3c425571-66d0-504d-c81f-61d9a255d2ab%40envsci.rutgers.edu?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/26EBB1F1-E2E2-45FE-A41A-EA4B7D4B9324%40comcast.net.