tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579549341020421678.post2449422034315633123..comments2024-01-16T13:06:15.270-06:00Comments on Climate Change: The Next Generation: James Hansen on David Letterman, December 10, 2009Tenney Naumerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843130378338023902noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579549341020421678.post-76935896604191457002016-12-11T05:43:20.883-06:002016-12-11T05:43:20.883-06:00Unfortunately, that YouTube video is gone.
There...Unfortunately, that YouTube video is gone. <br /><br />There's another copy at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOKBOFLhgqM but it appears to be incomplete, because I distinctly remember Hansen mentioning the supposed 1.8 mm/yr rate of sea level rise, and it's not in that video.<br /><br />The interesting bit you mentioned is at 7:25, when you can hear Hansen predict that melting ice sheets will keep the oceans cool at extreme latitudes, while the tropics warm due to GHGs, with the result that the <i>"increasing temperature gradient is going to drive stronger storms."</i><br /><br />However, these days "everybody knows" the opposite: that "Polar Amplification" is expected to cause temperatures to rise <i>faster</i> at higher latitudes. Some people also know that <a href="http://www.sealevel.info/feedbacks.html#tropicalsst" rel="nofollow">non-linear negative feedbacks limit warming in the tropics</a>. Yet I have never heard Hansen, nor any other climate alarmist, speculate that the <i>reduced</i> temperature gradient might <i>reduce</i> extreme weather.<br /><br />BTW, the dates for Late Show episodes are somewhat ambiguous, because it straddles midnight. They generally use the evening date, rather than the morning date, so they give the date of that episode with Hansen as Dec. 9, 2009. I'd call it Dec. 9-10, 2009.ncdave4lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05022815923433003840noreply@blogger.com