{"id":252248,"date":"2023-04-11T14:16:44","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T12:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=252248"},"modified":"2023-04-11T14:16:46","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T12:16:46","slug":"yong-zhong-basic-issues-in-the-ipcc-co2-narrative-tom-nelson-pod-93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=252248","title":{"rendered":"Yong Zhong: Basic Issues in the IPCC CO2 Narrative | Tom Nelson Pod #93"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" data-attachment-id=\"252347\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=252347\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screenshot-2023-04-11-141554.png?fit=897%2C505&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"897,505\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Screenshot-2023-04-11-141554\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screenshot-2023-04-11-141554.png?fit=723%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screenshot-2023-04-11-141554.png?resize=723%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-252347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screenshot-2023-04-11-141554.png?w=897&amp;ssl=1 897w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screenshot-2023-04-11-141554.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screenshot-2023-04-11-141554.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@tomnelson2080\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/yt3.ggpht.com\/VdUj8z4BjtpU4ftJ3uRvBU9wY49bvOXdVnDtvzjP_3hw5HHJtEhpjNdHE3gAuZyxzWSfbeIP=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj\" alt=\"\">Tom Nelson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About Yong Zhong: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1) Originally trained as a physics teacher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2) Taught thermodynamics for undergraduates at age of 21. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3) Got in 1991 from Monash University. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4) Made several original contributions to electron and nuclear spin resonance spectroscopy*. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5) Invited to write a chapter in a handbook for researchers in the field. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6) Irritated by the ABC\u2019s interviews on climate change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7) Started presenting talks on climate physics on Yong Tuition at Youtube in 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*Resonant absorption and emission of microwave by electron and nuclear spins in the presence of magnetic field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mm3KnZNOUgo&amp;t=0s\">00:00<\/a> Introduction <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mm3KnZNOUgo&amp;t=49s\">00:49<\/a> Irritation at Cox\/Roberts &#8220;debate&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mm3KnZNOUgo&amp;t=203s\">03:23<\/a> Presentation starts <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mm3KnZNOUgo&amp;t=435s\">07:15<\/a> Truly empirical formulas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mm3KnZNOUgo&amp;t=849s\">14:09<\/a> Whole story about the sensitivity is just a joke <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mm3KnZNOUgo&amp;t=1130s\">18:50<\/a> Calculating moon temperature? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mm3KnZNOUgo&amp;t=1277s\">21:17<\/a> Spectroscopy <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mm3KnZNOUgo&amp;t=1609s\">26:49<\/a> Calculated noise <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mm3KnZNOUgo&amp;t=2011s\">33:31<\/a> CO2 is missing <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mm3KnZNOUgo&amp;t=2393s\">39:53<\/a> Proportion of CO2 absorption <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mm3KnZNOUgo&amp;t=2775s\">46:15<\/a> Measured CO2 emission <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mm3KnZNOUgo&amp;t=3437s\">57:17<\/a> The &#8220;calculation&#8221; of forcing <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mm3KnZNOUgo&amp;t=4489s\">01:14:49<\/a> Key point of his research <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mm3KnZNOUgo&amp;t=5139s\">01:25:39<\/a> Concluding remarks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mm3KnZNOUgo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whole story about the sensitivity is just a joke <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":252347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818076,691818286,691818089],"class_list":{"0":"post-252248","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-co2","9":"tag-co2-narrative","10":"tag-ippc","12":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screenshot-2023-04-11-141554.png?fit=897%2C505&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-13Cw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":312182,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=312182","url_meta":{"origin":252248,"position":0},"title":"Climate: The Movie &#8211; The Climate Realism Show\u00a0#103","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"23\/03\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"On episode 103 of The Climate Realism Show, we welcome Tom Nelson, producer of the new film \"Climate: The Movie.\" The film exposes the climate alarm as an invented scare without any basis in science. 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