2022 May 24
The Big 5 Natural Causes of Climate Change: part 4 Landscape Changes
LAND USE LAND COVER CHANGE
14 hours ago Charles Rotter 32 Comments
Jim Steele
In parts 1 thru 3 we detailed how ocean currents warmed the Arctic, how more La Ninas were warming the oceans and affecting jet streams. Here I examine the dynamics that warm the land. Because the degree to which the earth’s surface is heated by the sun determines air temperatures, landscape changes like lost wetlands, deforestation, overgrazing and urbanization have all contributed significantly to warming since the Little Ice Age ended. Although most landscape changes are caused by humans, the intent here is show how landscape changes largely account for the land’s temperature trends that have been incorrectly blamed on rising CO2.
Jim Steele is Director emeritus of San Francisco State University’s Sierra Nevada Field Campus, authored Landscapes and Cycles: An Environmentalist’s Journey to Climate Skepticism, and proud member of the CO2 Coalition.
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The Big 5 Causes of Natural Climate Change part 4 Landscape Changes
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https://youtu.be/ja6ZRgntPsgWelcome everyone
This is part 4 of the big 5 natural causes of climate change. In parts one thru 3 we detailed how ocean currents warmed the Arctic, how more La Ninas were warming the oceans and affecting jet streams. Here I examine the dynamics that warm the land.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2022/05/24/the-big-5-natural-causes-of-climate-change-part-4-landscape-changes/
