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NASA needs to understand weather for various reasons.
No, it doesn't. Do doctors need to be anesthesiologists? No, because there's an anesthesiologist to handle that. As S-3/Air I don't need to understand what makes planes go in order to bomb targets. Was every crewmen on the space shuttle a pilot? No, because they don't have to be.
It's called Diversification & Specialization.
You don't need to be an accountant to run a business. You can hire/contract an accountant. That frees you up to concentrate on what you do best, which other than whine incessantly, what exactly do you do?
So, NASA doesn't need to do weather, because the National Weather Service does weather, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration does weather.
Guess what? The NOAA even does space weather.
NASA needs to focus on aeronautics and space, not weather.
Ya my sister is in the science field and she meets with shady dudes in suits and sunglasses and she gets papers telling her what to state and in return she is paid thousands and given a mansion on a hill.. /s
My sister is a climatologists with a mortgage, two cars and 3 kids... she nods and keeps her mouth shut so she doesn't lose her job.
Amazing that 3 million years ago co2 was higher, yet nobody can explain why who or what was here to make that happen?
No, CO2 levels 3 million years ago were comparable to today's levels.
The last time the proportion of CO2 was this this high was during the Pliociene period between 5.3 and 2.6 million years ago. Back then, the Earth was a very different place, with a much warmer climate. Average sea levels are thought to have been around 50 ft higher than they are today and forests grew as far north as the Arctic.
The reason the climate is not yet as warm as the Pliociene is because it has increased so rapidly today compared to then... It takes time for the added CO2 to warm the planet, but if it remains this high and other climate forcings stay the same eventually the climate will match the Pliociene period.
Amazing that 3 million years ago co2 was higher, yet nobody can explain why who or what was here to make that happen?
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Originally Posted by sanspeur
No, CO2 levels 3 million years ago were comparable to today's levels.
The last time the proportion of CO2 was this this high was during the Pliociene period between 5.3 and 2.6 million years ago. Back then, the Earth was a very different place, with a much warmer climate. Average sea levels are thought to have been around 50 ft higher than they are today and forests grew as far north as the Arctic.
The reason the climate is not yet as warm as the Pliociene is because it has increased so rapidly today compared to then... It takes time for the added CO2 to warm the planet, but if it remains this high and other climate forcings stay the same eventually the climate will match the Pliociene period.
Amazing that 3 million years ago co2 was higher, yet nobody can explain why who or what was here to make that happen?
Silly chucksnee, it was the Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus bahrelghazali, Kenyanthropus platyops, and Australopithecus deyiremeda (all are human ancestors) in their CO2 spewing crude weapons factories and their workers driving to and from work in their carbon-based fossil-fueled vehicles.
Silly chucksnee, it was the Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus bahrelghazali, Kenyanthropus platyops, and Australopithecus deyiremeda (all are human ancestors) in their CO2 spewing crude weapons factories and their workers driving to and from work in their carbon-based fossil-fueled vehicles.
Silly chucksnee, it was the Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus bahrelghazali, Kenyanthropus platyops, and Australopithecus deyiremeda (all are human ancestors) in their CO2 spewing crude weapons factories and their workers driving to and from work in their carbon-based fossil-fueled vehicles.
I would presume your alias screen name is misleading to reality.
Still no takers on anyone looking to profit from this opportunity by capturing C02 and making polymer products with it? Still a poop flinging contest to justify taxing, regulations, .gov can only solve it, and faux outrage?
Prime opportunity awaits for those who are ambitious...
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