You're About to See an Incredibly Rare Cloud, and It's Proof the Climate Is Changing

Posted by $ nickursis 9 years, 10 months ago to Science
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So this scare article has a decent enough tag line; "Proof the Climate is changing". I noted though that there is one line saying that "The more methane released, the more water vapor is up there" but it is not substantiated. They also say they were first seen after Krakatoa went up in 1885. They infer some direct relationship, yet it also is not substantiated. Then they just had to add some little tidbits of "possibly due to climate change" read: Haven't got the foggiest clue but had to put that in for political purposes so we can keep our grant" or some such. Bottom line, these are really cool looking as the sun reflects off them after dark due to angle of attack and their height. I still would prefer the Aurora coming south.....

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  • Posted by woodlema 9 years, 10 months ago
    Yes the climate is changing.

    Wow it colder in winter and warmer in summer.

    How is that news? Been doing that for billions of years.
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  • Posted by $ blarman 9 years, 10 months ago
    Yeah, I saw this yesterday too and just shook my head after reading it. It's a scare piece - nothing more.
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  • Posted by Ben_C 9 years, 10 months ago
    Hail to the God's of Junk Science. Feed the beast.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    "Be afraid. but I can save you! Just give up one more freedom."
    Jerry Brown, every time he opens his trenchmouth
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 9 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You are right about Bloomberg and Yahoo. but I have also seen virtually the same snippets in other services as well. It seems anything and everything is reduced to 5-7 short paragraphs of not very detailed assumptions and characterizations and then peddled as fact. I guess politics has spread, and the Internet is fertile ground....
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 9 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Indeed, I was watching "Nasa Unexplained Files" tonight (which are actually all explained), but one episode talked about noctilucent clouds appearing after each space shuttle launch for about 3 days afterward. So it seems they are pretty common from anything that goes way high and spews water vapor. It seems almost that they system just needs to keep stirring the pot. Now they are all screaming on the west Coast about El Nino, that it is going to be "terrible" and compare it to 1997. I got to Oregon in 1996, and the winter of 1997 was just one wind and rain storm after another. Solves the drought, and is what you expect from the Gulf of Alaska. Yet someone always makes it "the killer".
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  • Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 10 months ago
    “We believe that these clouds are a really sensitive indicator.”
    "possibly “due to a change in climate,”
    The initial theory was that they were related to volcanic dust
    "Carbon dioxide also may play a role"
    “Rockets can put a lot of water vapor in the atmosphere; they inject it very high in altitude,”

    And finally something that's true:
    "it’s too early to identify a single culprit. To make such a link would require removing other possible causes such as the solar cycle. "
    "We don’t really know why.”

    Gee, you think that big hot yeller thang in the sky could do this?

    The fact is this "scientist" hasn't a f%^*ing clue about this phenomenon, but he has to make an announcement with lots of unsupportable speculation to stir the pot and keep the drones as true believers.

    Yet another exhibit of Yahoo and Bloomberg quality "news".
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