More bad data from our resident AGW retardo. <b><font size=4>CO2 Hits 400 PPM and Still No Warming!</b></font> You should get a life and quit coming here to get your nose bloodied every time you show up. Or will they stop your checks if you don't post? <img src=http://c3headlines.typepad.com/.a/6a010536b58035970c017616d1b946970c-400wi height=393 width=323>
While the annual means are still rising, the graph does indicate a falling five-year mean (not the first time in the last century plus). Still, I think betting the trend is "over" is a bad bet. We need to see a mitigating factor like, e.g., rising albedo.
falling 5 year mean. no rising for 15 to 19 years depending on the data base. and strongly increasing CO2. And the models saying CO2 forces temps failing miserably. Guess what... there is no science showing that CO2 forces temps.. There must be other factors... such as the sun and the tides leading temps and CO2.
They demonstrated the fact on Mythbusters. Energy above a certain wavelength is absorbed by the CO2 molecule, warming it. Since the atmosphere is comprised (in part) of CO2, if you warm the CO2 you have warmed the atmosphere.
An enhanced greenhouse effect from CO2 has been confirmed by multiple lines of empirical evidence. Satellite measurements of infrared spectra over the past 40 years observe less energy escaping to space at the wavelengths associated with CO2. Surface measurements find more downward infrared radiation warming the planet's surface. This provides a direct, empirical causal link between CO2 and global warming