weblog of Roger A. Pielke Jr.
Aug 16th, 2005 by Moonage
I have stumbled across the the weblog of the Roger A. Pielke Jr. Research Group. His stated mission is what makes it unique to me:
“We are initiating a new blog specifically focused on climate science issues. Among the topics to be presented are views on the science that are not receiving much if any attention in the science community even though the research is appearing in the scientific literature.”
He doesn’t particularly seem to be pro or anti global warming, which is refreshing. But rather, seems disturbed that certain practices in regards to studying climate change are being ignored. He comes to the profound conclusion that this omission is what is confusing politicians and people at large. I’m one of those people. Hopefully he can enlighten me. He speaks tech, so it’s hard to understand at times ( most of the time for me ). But, what I have gleaned so far is very interesting. Basically, measuring things like temperature and melting ice caps paints very little of the overall picture. The big picture is in energy exhchange, how much the Earth absorbs versus how much it emits. The primary tool for doing this is the ocean itself, not parts of it like the Antarctic. If I got that right, I agree with him. That pulls all the theories I have together into one formula. And, that’s really all I’ve been looking for. The temperatures of the Earth are going to be cyclicle whether we like it or not. The key is not to interfering with that cycle, but to understand it and how to best exist in it.
The blog I list in the post is apparently no more. Here is where he can be read now: http://blogs.nature.com/climatefeedback/contributors/roger_pielke_jr/