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To: Brumar89 who wrote (76928)	5/16/2017 9:29:32 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

I recall that Arch Criminal Climate Change Denier Mass revealed years back that he's a fan of ClimateAudit, the blog that first revealed Michael Mann's errors. How has he lasted this long at the U of Wa?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (76928)	5/16/2017 9:31:14 AM
From: Eric	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

Your late! Already read it Saturday morning on Cliff's blog. He can't get fired. I guess you don't know how higher ed works in this country or other colleges and universities around the world.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (76928)	5/16/2017 9:55:33 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 86356

Anthony Watts defends Eric's friend Cliff Mass: A prime example of why correct facts don’t matter to climate alarmists Anthony Watts / 19 hours ago May 14, 2017 Respected climate scientist refutes false claim that tree died due to climate change, and the pressure to not do so Toby Nixon writes: The Seattle Times ran a hysterical story about how climate change killed a large tree at the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle. Cliff Mass, professor of Atmospheric Science at the University of Washington and no climate change skeptic, demolished the Times story in a strongly-worded blog post. But perhaps more importantly, he goes on to describe the kind of pressure to which he is subjected to not post such corrections because of the ammunition it gives to “deniers”. It is an excellent exposition on the corruption of the scientific method that is rampant in climate science — not just the suppression of dissent, but the suppression of every small corrections of the most exaggerated claims. Mass writes: So what about temperature? Let’s examine the maximum temperature trend at the same Seattle Urban location for summer (June through August). There is a slight upward trend since 1895 by .05F per decade. Virtually nothing. What about the period in which the poor tree lived (it was planted in 1948)? As shown below, temperatures actually COOLED during that period. You get the message, the claim that warming summer temperatures produced by “climate change” somehow killed this pine is simply without support by the facts. So the bottom line of all this is that the climate record disproves the Seattle Times claim that warming and drying killed that pine tree in the UW arboretum. There is no factual evidence that climate change ended the 72-year life of that tree. The fact that a non-native species was planted in a dry location and was not watered in the summer is a more probably explanation. Why is an important media outlet not checking its facts before publishing such a front page story? Linda Mapes is an excellent writer, who has done great service describing the natural environment of our region. Why was she compelled to put a climate change spin on a story about the death of a non-native tree? Now something personal. Every time I correct misinformation in the media like this, I get savaged by some “environmentalists” and media. I am accused of being a denier, a skeptic, an instrument of the oil companies, and stuff I could not repeat in this family friendly blog. Sometimes it is really hurtful. Charles Mudede of the Stranger is one of worst of the crowd, calling me “dangerous” and out of my mind (see example below). I believe scientists must provide society with the straight truth, without hype or exaggeration, and that we must correct false or misleading information in the media. It is not our role to provide inaccurate information so that society will “do the right thing.” Read the whole thing: cliffmass.blogspot.com wattsupwiththat.com

To: Brumar89 who wrote (76928)	5/17/2017 9:18:25 AM
From: Eric	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

The ‘ancient carbon’ of Alaska’s tundras is being released, starting a vicious warming cycle “This is ancient carbon, thousands and millions of years old.” It’s being released “much earlier than we thought.” NASA’s Land Ocean Temperature Index (LOTI) data for April. CREDIT: NASA. The Alaskan tundra is warming so quickly it has become a net emitter of carbon dioxide ahead of schedule, a new study finds. Since CO2 is the primary heat-trapping greenhouse gas and since the permafrost contains twice as much carbon as the atmosphere does today this means a vicious cycle has begun that will speed up global warming. “Because it’s getting warmer, there’s more CO2 coming out which means it’s going to get warmer which means there’s more CO2 coming out,” explained Harvard researcher and lead author Roisin Commane. “And it will just run away with itself.” The study is the first to report that a major portion of the Arctic is a net source of heat-trapping emissions. As a result, Commane warns that our current climate models need to be updated: “We’re seeing this much earlier than we thought we would see it.” “We find that Alaska, overall, was a net source of carbon to the atmosphere during 2012–2014,” the study concludes. Data from NOAA’s Barrow Alaska station “indicate that October through December emissions of CO2 from surrounding tundra increased by 73 percent since 1975, supporting the view that rising temperatures have made Arctic ecosystems a net source of CO2.” The permafrost, or tundra, has been a very large carbon freezer. For a very long time, it has had a very low decomposition rate for the carbon-rich plant matter. But we’ve been leaving the freezer door wide open and are witnessing the permafrost being transformed from a long-term carbon locker to a short-term carbon un-locker. “This is ancient carbon,” Dr. Commane told Alaska public radio. “The carbon that’s locked in the permafrost in the Arctic is thousands and millions of years old.” Melting permafrost can release not just CO2, but also methane, a much stronger heat-trapping gas. While most models that include melting permafrost look at CO2, Russian scientists have recently discovered some 7,000 underground bubbles of permafrost-related methane in Siberia. Since methane traps heat 86 times more effectively than CO2 over a 20-year span, these findings suggest that the effect of the melting permafrost is even greater than first thought. Also, a 2008 study, “ Accelerated Arctic land warming and permafrost degradation during rapid sea ice loss,” found that rapid sea ice loss as has been experienced since the study was published could triple the rate of Arctic warming. Meanwhile, the rapid Arctic warming that is fueling these emissions continues. On Monday, NASA reported that April 2017 was the second-hottest April on record only April 2016 was hotter. As the map above shows, Arctic temperatures were blistering, up to 13.5°F (7.5°C) above the 1951–1980 average. The longer we delay aggressive climate action, the harder it will be to stuff all the toothpaste back into the tube, and the more catastrophic climate impacts we will face. thinkprogress.org