Francis: I can agree, but I don’t have a good reason to do so myself. There are plenty of papers that misrepresent biochar - which is unbothered by “refereed” papers on contrails. My reason to jump in was to be supportive of Alan.
Ron > On Aug 30, 2019, at 5:00 AM, Francis Micheal Ludlow <ludl...@tcd.ie> wrote: > > I find it useful to keep track of such papers, including for teaching > purposes in highlighting potentially misleading / biased / agenda-driven > research. > > Francis > > On Sat, 24 Aug 2019 at 20:03, Ronal Larson <rongretlar...@comcast.net > <mailto:rongretlar...@comcast.net>> wrote: > Alan: > > The ones I was referring to are in your “refereed” (as opposed to > refereed) category - so I’m going to pass on referring. > > Ron > > >> On Aug 24, 2019, at 12:53 PM, Alan Robock <rob...@envsci.rutgers.edu >> <mailto:rob...@envsci.rutgers.edu>> wrote: >> >> If there are plenty of such "refereed" journal articles out there, I think >> it would be good to know about them. >> Alan >> >> On 8/24/2019 2:51 PM, Ronal Larson wrote: >>> 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 >>>> <mailto: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 > <mailto:geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/3F97F9C6-EFEC-48AA-8C79-8D5E90EC0052%40comcast.net > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/3F97F9C6-EFEC-48AA-8C79-8D5E90EC0052%40comcast.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > -- > Assistant Professor of Medieval Environmental History > School of Histories & Humanities, Trinity College Dublin > Email: ludl...@tcd.ie <mailto:ludl...@tcd.ie> > Tel: (00353) 87 648 8078 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. 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