{"id":146636,"date":"2021-06-22T19:29:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T18:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=146636"},"modified":"2021-06-22T19:29:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T18:29:54","slug":"no-nasa-earth-has-not-been-trapping-heat-at-an-alarming-new-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=146636","title":{"rendered":"No, NASA, Earth Has NOT Been Trapping Heat at an Alarming New Rate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A new study<\/a> published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters<\/em> examining satellite instruments\u2019 measurements of how Earth\u2019s energy budget has changed, is being falsely portrayed by the media as showing human greenhouse gas emissions are trapping an record amount of heat. The data discussed in the article, titled \u201cSatellite and Ocean Data Reveal Marked Increase in Earth\u2019s Heating Rate\u201d<\/a>, does show the amount of heat \u201ctrapped\u201d recently has increased, but the alarming implications of that fact are being misportrayed by the mainstream media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, one media story from the Guardian<\/em> trumpeted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But like many climate stories in the media today, when you peel back the layers of hype and fear-mongering, you\u2019re left with something that isn\u2019t alarming at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, the period they study is rather limited, 2005 through 2019, which less than half of the 30 year time span required for a valid climate data set, according to the World Meteorological Organization<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climatologist Dr. Roy Spencer analyzed the study<\/a> and reports:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey also point out that the Pacific Decadal Oscillation<\/a> (PDO) is responsible for some of what they see in the data, while anthropogenic forcings (and feedbacks from all natural and human-caused forcings) presumably account for the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the encouraging results for [the study] is that the rate of increase<\/em> in the accumulation of radiant energy in the climate system is the same in the satellite observations as it is when computed from in situ<\/em> data, primarily the Argo float measurements of the upper half of the ocean depths. It should be noted, however, that the absolute value<\/em> of the imbalance cannot be measured by the CERES satellite instruments\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In essence, what Dr. Spencer says is the data showing the rate of change is accurate as far as it goes, but the absolute value of the change can\u2019t be accurately measured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concerning the media\u2019s coverage of the study, Spencer says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe main problem I have is with the media reporting of these results. The animated graph in the Verge article<\/a> shows a planetary energy imbalance of about 0.5 W\/m2 in 2005 increasing to about 1.0 W\/m2 in 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cFirst of all, the 0.5 to 1.0 W\/m2 (Watt per square meter) energy imbalance is much smaller than our knowledge of any of the natural energy flows in the climate system. \u2026 approximately 1 part in 300<\/strong>. [Emphasis mine]\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSecondly, since we don\u2019t have good global energy imbalance measurements before this period, there is no justification for the claim, \u201cthe magnitude of the increase is unprecedented.\u201d <\/strong>[Emphasis Spencer\u2019s] To expect the natural energy flows in the climate system to stay stable to 1 part in 300 over thousands of years has no scientific basis, and is merely a statement of faith. We have no idea whether such changes have occurred in centuries past.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat bothers me is the alarmist language attached to (1) such a tiny number, and (2) the likelihood that no one will bother to mention the authors attribute part of the change to a natural climate cycle, the PDO.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, the small amount of energy change of 0.5 to 1.0 watts per square meter from 2005 to 2019 cited in this study is even lower than the average change of sunlight we receive during an\u00a011 year solar cycle<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NASA says<\/a>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOverall, TSI varies by approximately 0.1 percent\u2014or about 2 watts per square meter<\/strong> between the most and least active part of an 11-year solar cycle.\u201d [Emphasis mine]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data show the amount of sunlight hitting Earth naturally varies by an amount at least DOUBLE that of the energy \u201cimbalance\u201d estimated in this study. Also, one cannot show this imbalance is unprecedented, because no data of this type exists before 2005 to compare it to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hype over this study is based on nothing more than the media grabbing a few choice phrases from it and turning them into a misleading, five-alarm fire. We are being told the United States must reduce is carbon dioxide emissions based on a study using data covering a very short time period; a study indicating such a small amount of change that it falls below the natural variance caused by the sun, the biggest driver of earth\u2019s energy budget!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neither this study, nor the media hype surrounding it, provide evidence the recent increase in the earth\u2019s radiant energy is either due primarily to human causes or is catastrophic. The United States has done more than any other nation to reduce CO2 emissions during time period of of the study<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, the study provides no reason for believing further reductions in America\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions will impact the earths\u2019 energy budget or correct any supposed energy imbalance; an imbalance than hasn\u2019t been established, and that may not exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The post\u00a0No, NASA, Earth Has NOT Been Trapping Heat at an Alarming New Rate<\/a>\u00a0appeared first on\u00a0Climate Realism<\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By\u00a0Anthony Watts<\/a>\u00a0-June 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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