{"id":328776,"date":"2024-05-13T15:36:28","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T13:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=328776"},"modified":"2024-05-13T15:36:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T13:36:31","slug":"ipcc-uses-overblown-global-warming-potentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=328776","title":{"rendered":"IPCC Uses Overblown Global Warming\u00a0Potentials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"542\" data-attachment-id=\"328788\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=328788\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0-oops.jpeg?fit=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1536,1152\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Getty Images&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Road Sign - Oops!&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;(c) Martin McCarthy&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;173231220&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0-oops\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Road Sign &amp;#8211; Oops!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0-oops.jpeg?fit=723%2C542&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0-oops.jpeg?resize=723%2C542&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-328788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0-oops.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0-oops.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0-oops.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0-oops.jpeg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0-oops.jpeg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0-oops.jpeg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0-oops.jpeg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0-oops.jpeg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0-oops.jpeg?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0-oops.jpeg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Road Sign &#8211; Oops!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/2024\/05\/12\/ipcc-uses-overblown-global-warming-potentials\/\">Science Matters <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/author\/ronaldrc\/\">Ron Clutz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">H. Douglas Lightfoot and Gerald Ratzer published their paper&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/setpublisher.com\/index.php\/jbas\/article\/view\/2509\/2267\"><strong>Reliable Physics Demand Revision of the IPCC Global Warming Potentials<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;in Environmental Science April 15, 2024.&nbsp; Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images.&nbsp; H\\T Patrick Moore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>The Global Warming Potentials (GWP) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)<\/strong>&nbsp;in Table 2.14 of the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) show the increase in warming by methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) is 21 and 310 times respectively that of CO2. There has been&nbsp;<strong>wide acceptance<\/strong>&nbsp;of these values since publishing in 2007.&nbsp;<strong>Nevertheless, they are inaccurate.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This study uses accurate methods to calculate the impacts of CO2, CH4, and N2O on the warming of the atmosphere. For example, this&nbsp;<strong>quantitative analysis from reliable physics<\/strong>&nbsp;shows the contribution of&nbsp;<strong>CO2 to warming at Amsterdam is 0.0083\u00b0C<\/strong>&nbsp;out of a difference of 26\u00b0C. The warming effect of<strong>&nbsp;CH4<\/strong>&nbsp;on the Earth\u2019s atmosphere is<strong>&nbsp;0.408% of that of CO2<\/strong>, and the warming by<strong>&nbsp;N2O is 0.085% of that of CO2.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Thus, the warming effects of CO2, CH4, and N2O are too small to measure.<\/strong>\u00a0The invalidity of the methane and nitrous oxide values indicates the GWPs of the remaining approximately<strong>\u00a0sixty chemicals in the Table 2.14 list are also invalid.<\/strong>\u00a0A recommendation is that the IPCC consider revising or retracting the GWP values in Table 2.14.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"198\" data-attachment-id=\"328778\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=328778\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-280.png?fit=1209%2C331&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1209,331\" 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=\"image-280\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-280.png?fit=723%2C198&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-280.png?resize=723%2C198&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-328778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-280.png?resize=1024%2C280&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-280.png?resize=300%2C82&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-280.png?resize=768%2C210&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-280.png?resize=1200%2C329&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-280.png?w=1209&amp;ssl=1 1209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The purpose of this paper is to examine the Global Warming Potentials (GWPs) in Table 2.14 of the Fourth Assessment Report [1] of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Figure 1.The&nbsp;<strong>Global Warming Potentials (GWP)<\/strong>&nbsp;of methane and nitrous oxide calculated by the IPCC in Table2.14 have&nbsp;<strong>profoundly affected the decisions made by elected officials worldwide<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Nitrogen fertilizers have been restricted or banned<\/strong>&nbsp;in several countries because they emit a small amount of nitrous oxide. Nitrogen fertilizers are&nbsp;<strong>essential for the growth of plants<\/strong>, and nitrogen is often the limiting nutrient [2]. Restricting their use affects food production adversely and can cause food shortages. The IPCC claims that nitrous oxide has up to 310 times the warming effect of CO2. This value is so significant that&nbsp;<strong>we must determine whether or not this value of 310 is valid.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>A similar situation occurs with&nbsp;<strong>methane<\/strong>, which is&nbsp;<strong>claimed to have 21 times<\/strong>&nbsp;the warming effect of CO2. Natural gas is virtually all methane transported widely by pipelines and pumping stations. The claim is that methane leaks from natural gas pipeline systems and processing are warming the Earth. Periodically, a scientist will quote Table 2.14 and raise the<strong>&nbsp;alarm about methane<\/strong>&nbsp;and the possibility of significant methane releases from the Arctic Tundra caused by the warming of the Earth [3].<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The methodology of this study answers the question:\u00a0<strong>\u201cOf the temperature difference between two weather stations, how many degrees Celsius do CO2, CH4, and N2O contribute?\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Four weather stations<\/strong>\u2014Pond Inlet, Amsterdam, Colorado Springs, and Princeton, NJ\u2014were selected to provide the answers. The temperature and relative humidity are recorded within the same.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"366\" data-attachment-id=\"328779\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=328779\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-281.png?fit=1036%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1036,525\" 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=\"image-281\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-281.png?fit=723%2C366&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-281.png?resize=723%2C366&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-328779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-281.png?resize=1024%2C519&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-281.png?resize=300%2C152&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-281.png?resize=768%2C389&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-281.png?w=1036&amp;ssl=1 1036w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Calculations for Table 2 Column D<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>In Row 5, the\u00a0<strong>grams of CO2 per kilogram (kg) of dry air<\/strong>\u00a0is (0.00041806 x 44 x (1000\/29) = 0.630, where 44 and 29 are the molecular weights of CO2 and air, respectively. In Row 9, the<strong>\u00a0grams of CH4<\/strong>\u00a0per kg of dry air are (0.000001927 x 16 x (1000\/29)) = 0.001063, where 16 is the molecular weight of methane. Similarly, in Row 12, Column E, the\u00a0<strong>grams of N2O<\/strong>\u00a0per kg of dry air are (0.00000033675 x 44 x (1000\/29) = 0.000511, where 44 is the molecular weight of nitrous oxide.There are 0.630\/0.00106 = 594 grams of CO2 per gram of methane. Thus, there are (594 x 44)\/16) = 1634 molecules of CO2 per methane molecule. Thus, because the molecular weights of CO2 and N2O are the same at 44, there are (0.630\/0.000511) = 1235 molecules of CO2 for each molecule of N2O in the Earth\u2019s atmosphere. Thus,\u00a0<strong>in September 2023, CO2 molecules outnumber CH4 molecules by 1634 and N2O molecules by 1235.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"261\" data-attachment-id=\"328781\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=328781\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-282.png?fit=1021%2C368&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1021,368\" 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=\"image-282\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-282.png?fit=723%2C261&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-282.png?resize=723%2C261&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-328781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-282.png?w=1021&amp;ssl=1 1021w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-282.png?resize=300%2C108&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-282.png?resize=768%2C277&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Measuring the Contribution of CO2, CH4 and N2O to Temperature in the Earth\u2019s Atmosphere<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>It is essential to understand that the measured and<strong>&nbsp;recorded temperature is the sum of all the factors<\/strong>&nbsp;affecting Earth\u2019s temperature. These include warming caused by radiation from the Sun absorbed by CO2, CH4, N2O, feedback, and other warming or cooling effects. These factors also apply to temperature differences. The recorded temperature is&nbsp;<strong>input to the Humidair psychrometric program, which includes these factors in the heat content (enthalpy) and specific volume.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The following method quantifies the contribution of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide to the difference in temperature between three weather stations and Pond Inlet.<strong>Table 3 is a summary of&nbsp;<\/strong>the Excel calculations. The file for the Excel calculations is:<strong>&nbsp;\u201cExcel calculations for GWP Mar 102024<\/strong>.xlsx.\u201d From the Excel spreadsheet, Column H, the&nbsp;<strong>temperatures measured at Pond Inlet, Amsterdam, Colorado Springs, and Princeton on December 30, 2023, were -18\u00b0C, 8\u00b0C, 3\u00b0C, and 4\u00b0C, respectively.<\/strong>&nbsp;We set the recorded level of&nbsp;<strong>CO2 at 418.06 at the location with the lowest of the four temperatures, i.e., at Pond Inlet.<\/strong>&nbsp;This is because the number of molecules of CO2 per cubic meter falls as the temperature rises.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The grams of CO2 per kg of dry air in the Pond Inlet row of Table 3 are the same as in Column D of Table 2. The<strong>&nbsp;temperature contributions of CO2, CH4, and N2O to the difference in temperature in \u00b0C between Pond Inlet and the weather stations<\/strong>&nbsp;in Column A are in Columns G, H, and I. The total is in Column J. The upper lines in the titles of the columns are the locations in the Excel spreadsheet calculations. Note that the average CO2 for Table 2 was 418.06 in August 2023, and the level of CO2 during the recording of the values for the Excel spreadsheet was 422.3 ppm. The difference of 4.24 ppm has no significant effect on the results of this study.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"189\" data-attachment-id=\"328783\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=328783\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0lightfoot-table-4.png?fit=1044%2C272&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1044,272\" 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=\"0lightfoot-table-4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0lightfoot-table-4.png?fit=723%2C189&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0lightfoot-table-4.png?resize=723%2C189&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-328783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0lightfoot-table-4.png?resize=1024%2C267&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0lightfoot-table-4.png?resize=300%2C78&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0lightfoot-table-4.png?resize=768%2C200&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0lightfoot-table-4.png?w=1044&amp;ssl=1 1044w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>As shown in Table 4, the temperature increase caused by CH4 and N2O is a small percentage of the temperature rise caused by CO2.<strong>The warming effect of CO2 is too small to measure<\/strong>&nbsp;[9, 10].Thus, the&nbsp;<strong>warming effects of CH4 and N2O are also too small.<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>The data in IPCC Table 2.14,<\/strong>&nbsp;showing that CH4 has 21 times the warming effect of CO2 and that N2O has 310 times the warming effect of CO2,&nbsp;<strong>are grossly incorrect.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>Summary and Conclusions<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This study provides&nbsp;<strong>evidence that the IPCC Global Warming Potentials are incorrect.<\/strong>&nbsp;It starts with the&nbsp;<strong>levels<\/strong>&nbsp;of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O)&nbsp;<strong>measured as molecules per million molecules of dry air, which is the molar fraction.<\/strong>&nbsp;Then, quantitative results from reliable physics establish the<strong>&nbsp;enthalpy and specific volume at four weather stations.<\/strong>&nbsp;Chemistry determines the grams of each gas per kg of dry air. The increase in the temperature bycurrent levels of methane (CH4) and nitrous (N2O) in the Earth\u2019s atmosphere isa small percentage of that of CO2.Conclusions 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3 answer,&nbsp;<strong>\u201cOf the temperature difference between two weather stations, how many degrees Celsius do CO2, CH4, and N2O contribute?\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>6.1.In this study, the difference in temperature between Pond Inlet and Amsterdam is 26\u00b0C. The&nbsp;<strong>contribution of CO2<\/strong>&nbsp;to this difference is 0.0083\u00b0C, but this amount is&nbsp;<strong>too small to measure.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>6.2.The contribution of CH4 to the 26\u00b0C difference between Pond Inlet and Amsterdam is 0.0000338\u00b0C.This current level of&nbsp;<strong>methane<\/strong>&nbsp;in the atmosphere increases the temperature by 0.408% of that of CO2. It does&nbsp;<strong>not<\/strong>&nbsp;have&nbsp;<strong>21 times the warming of CO2<\/strong>&nbsp;as claimed by the IPCC.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>6.3.<strong>N2O\u2019s contribution<\/strong>&nbsp;to the 26\u00b0C difference between Pond Inlet and Amsterdam is 0.00000705oC. This is 0.085% of that of CO2. It does&nbsp;<strong>not<\/strong>&nbsp;have&nbsp;<strong>310 times the warming of CO2<\/strong>, as claimed by the IPCC<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>6.4.The&nbsp;<strong>total contribution of all three gases<\/strong>&nbsp;to the 26\u00b0C difference between Pond Inlet and Amsterdam is 0.00833oC. This is a typical result; this difference is&nbsp;<strong>too small to measure.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>6.5.The warming of the Earth\u2019s atmosphere by CH4 and N2O is 0.408% and 0.085% respectively of that of CO2.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>6.6.The&nbsp;<strong>warming by CH4 and N2O is so tiny<\/strong>&nbsp;in the Earth\u2019s atmosphere that the<strong>&nbsp;IPCC estimates of warming by GWP over several years are irrelevant.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>6.7.It is reasonable for the IPCC to consider\u00a0<strong>revising or withdrawing Table 2.14<\/strong>\u00a0in the Fourth Assessment Report<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"453\" data-attachment-id=\"328784\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=328784\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-283.png?fit=602%2C453&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"602,453\" 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=\"image-283\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-283.png?fit=602%2C453&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-283.png?resize=602%2C453&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-328784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-283.png?w=602&amp;ssl=1 602w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-283.png?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-283.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-283.png?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-283.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Footnote:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If like me you are new to the term \u201cpsychrometrics\u201d, it refers to an engineering method for assessing the thermodynamic properties of moist air.&nbsp; From&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.enginneer.com\/understanding-the-psychrometric-chart\"><strong>Understanding The Psychrometric Chart<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The psychrometric chart is a tool commonly used in the field of&nbsp;<strong>engineering to understand and analyze the properties of air.<\/strong>&nbsp;This chart provides valuable information about the<strong>&nbsp;thermodynamic properties of moist air,<\/strong>&nbsp;which is&nbsp;<strong>crucial for<\/strong>&nbsp;various applications such as&nbsp;<strong>heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems.<\/strong>&nbsp;By understanding the psychrometric chart, engineers can make more informed decisions and optimize their designs for enhanced efficiency and comfort.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>In addition to temperature, the psychrometric chart also&nbsp;<strong>includes other properties such as humidity ratio, enthalpy, and specific volume.<\/strong>&nbsp;The humidity ratio represents the mass of moisture present in the air per unit mass of dry air, while&nbsp;<strong>enthalpy is the total heat content of the air including both sensible and latent heat<\/strong>. Specific volume, on the other hand, is the volume occupied by a unit mass of air. Together, these properties&nbsp;<strong>provide a comprehensive understanding of the thermodynamic behavior of moist air.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"399\" data-attachment-id=\"328786\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=328786\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-284.png?fit=1246%2C688&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1246,688\" 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=\"image-284\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-284.png?fit=723%2C399&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-284.png?resize=723%2C399&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-328786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-284.png?resize=1024%2C565&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-284.png?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-284.png?resize=768%2C424&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-284.png?resize=1200%2C663&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-284.png?w=1246&amp;ssl=1 1246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.files.wordpress.com\/2024\/05\/lightfoot-psychrometrics.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.files.wordpress.com\/2024\/05\/lightfoot-table-4.png\"><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>he Global Warming Potentials (GWP) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)\u00a0in Table 2.14 of the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) show the increase in warming by methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) is 21 and 310 times respectively that of CO2. There has been\u00a0wide acceptance\u00a0of these values since publishing in 2007.\u00a0Nevertheless, they are inaccurate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":328788,"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":[691828483,691818076,691828605,691820922,691825503],"class_list":{"0":"post-328776","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-ch4-methane-2","9":"tag-co2","10":"tag-global-warming-potentials-gwp","11":"tag-intergovernmental-panel-on-climate-change-ipcc","12":"tag-nitrous-oxide-n2o","14":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0-oops.jpeg?fit=1536%2C1152&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1nwQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":247303,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=247303","url_meta":{"origin":328776,"position":0},"title":"The Misguided Crusade to Reduce Anthropogenic Methane Emissions","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"03\/13\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The claim for the mid-range, long-term warming potential of CH4\u00a0is 32 times that of CO2.\u00a0 However, that equivalence is for equal\u00a0weights\u00a0of the two gases!\u00a0","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-321.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-321.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-321.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-321.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-321.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":291996,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=291996","url_meta":{"origin":328776,"position":1},"title":"New Study Now Claims We Humans Heat The Atmosphere Just By Exhaling","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"12\/20\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"According to a\u00a0new study, humans \u201ccontribute to global warming\u201d by exhaling greenhouse gases like methane and carbon dioxide 16 times per minute.","rel":"","context":"In \"breathing tax\"","block_context":{"text":"breathing tax","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=breathing-tax"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0Cold_exhale.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0Cold_exhale.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0Cold_exhale.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0Cold_exhale.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0Cold_exhale.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":309904,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=309904","url_meta":{"origin":328776,"position":2},"title":"Negligible future warming from: CO2 \u2013 CH4 \u2013 N2O","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"03\/18\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"All attempts by Mankind to limit further CO2 emissions will have no further significant controlling effect on Global temperature. 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