Comments on: Arlo Guthrie Falls Through the Ice https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/04/22/eday-3/ Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:25:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Doug https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/04/22/eday-3/#comment-517629 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:25:07 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/04/22/eday-3/#comment-517629 Svente Arrhennius determined the role of CO2 in the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas based on observations of the moon. He predicted an increase of 6 DegC if CO2 were doubled, fairly close to modern predictions. He published in 1906, I believe.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/04/22/eday-3/#comment-517628 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:40:36 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/04/22/eday-3/#comment-517628 Rokkaku: My essay has a starting point that is quint. I assure you, the research does not. Which you knew. Admit it. You knew.

Jake: Yeah, the greehhouse model goes back a ways!

]]> By: jake https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/04/22/eday-3/#comment-517627 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:42:03 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/04/22/eday-3/#comment-517627 “… and most climate scientists actually, knew about global warming back then…”

1958: http://tinyurl.com/ynp88k

]]> By: Rokkaku https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/04/22/eday-3/#comment-517626 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:56:48 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/04/22/eday-3/#comment-517626 But isn’t it dangerous to rely on an anecdote as a starting point? Melting ice in January is one thing; snow in April where I live is another. Neither is indicative of anything much, even in a layperson’s discussion. The argument will be won and lost by the science and not by the anecdotes.

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