Does that even mean anything?
Posted on 10/01/2015 11:32:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
According to a study by the Institute of Catalysis and Environment in Lyon (IRCELYON, CNRS / University Lyon 1) and the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), the oceans are producing unexpectedly large quantities of isoprene – a volatile organic compound (VOC) – which is known to have a cooling effect on climate.
Isoprene is a gas that is formed by both the vegetation and the oceans. It is very important for the climate because this gas can form particles that can become clouds and then later affect temperature and precipitation. Previously it was assumed that isoprene is primarily caused by biological processes from plankton in the sea water. The atmospheric chemists from France and Germany, however, could now show that isoprene could also be formed without biological sources in surface film of the oceans by sunlight and so explain the large discrepancy between field measurements and models. The new identified photochemical reaction is therefore important to improve the climate models.
The oceans not only take up heat and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, they are also sources of various gaseous compounds, thereby affecting the global climate. A key role is played by the so-called surface microlayer (SML), especially at low wind speed. In these few micrometers thin layer different organic substances such as dissolved organic matter, fat and amino acids, proteins, lipids are accumulating as well as trace metals, dust and microorganisms.
Though the cooling effects of isoprene are well known, what is new is the discovery that the oceans are producing much more of it than has been accounted for in the alarmists’ climate models. (H/T Lewis Page; The Register)
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They filmed an episode of their TV show at Pepperdine — up close the women were RED HOT!
We should probably give them credit for being a one-hit wonder to a one-season TV show :)
Does that even mean anything?
>>Daryl Dragon had a neat name and hat<<
I used to hang out with his brother (yes, Dragon was really their last name) — we had a standing appointment in his Malibu cliffside home to watch the then brand new Battlestar Galactica (which we were hoping to be TV Star Wars but after a few episodes we called “Battlestar Bonanza.”
Yes, I am Old.
I’m sure they’ll somehow be able to blame global cooling on global warming.
D—n! Make it warm, d—n it! Warm!
But why let actual science get in the way of a good scare theory?
Nice catch. I couldn’t remember and was going to look up scupper. Looks like this author needs to get a thesaurus...
Yep, Watermelons; green on the outside, red on the inside.
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