Son of Nuclear Winter

Timothy Birdnow

Like a bad horror movie, it's coming back

Despite having been vanquished several times now, the same people who brought you Global Warming return in "Nuclear Winter II; Revenge of the Nerds".

From Physorg:

In this new effort, the researchers analyzed a large number of variables, such as estimated number of bombs, their strength, where they would blow up, and the amount of smoke that might be generated by each of them. In their analysis, they chose to look at the worst-case scenario, in which all of the atomic weapons held by both countries were used in an all-out nuclear war. In such a scenario, the researchers assumed that all of the bombs would land in either the U.S. or Russia.

The new modelused by the researchers is called the Community Earth System Model-Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model—version 4. All results from the model were compared to those found with the Goddard Institute for Space Studies ModelE run back in 2007.

The researchers report that both models showed a nuclear winter (with a global temperature drop of approximately 9K) resulting from such a war. Both models produced a nuclear winter lasting several years. They also showed a 30 percent global reduction in precipitation over the first few months following such a war. They further report that there were also differences in predictions—the earlier model predicted a collapse in the monsoon season and major changes to the El Niño events. And the new model predicted that the worldwide smoke coverage would last longer than the older model's results. And while there were some differences in the timing, both showed the progression of smoke coverage starting in the impacted areas, spreading over the northern hemisphere, and eventually making its way to the southern hemisphere.

How do you have a thirty percent drop in precipitation if the planet cools? Colder air means more water vapor condenses. That is illogical. And so too is the assumption that we would limit a nuclear war to the U.S. and Russia, as if it is 1970.

In point of fact, the whole reason this study was done over a non-issue was because a.it still sticks in the craw of the Left that they lost this argument and b.it is often cited as evidence that the global warming models are likely equally wrong. They just couldn't let this one die.

It is how the political left and their "concerned scientists"  roll; never, ever give an inch, no matter how ridiculous your position. They will be trying to prove nuclear winter forever - just as they will be trying to prove global warming. Notice they are using the same faulty models for both.

BTW, the lead author is listed as Joshua Coupe from Rutgers Climate Change Unit. He's a GRAD STUDENT, not even an adjunct professor. No accomplished researcher would lead this because they knew it was a dog.

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