Excellent detailed and long essay by Willis Eschenbach over at Watts Up With That:
The Thermostat Hypothesis
Abstract
The Thermostat Hypothesis is that tropical clouds and thunderstorms actively regulate the temperature of the earth. This keeps the earth at a equilibrium temperature.
Several kinds of evidence are presented to establish and elucidate the Thermostat Hypothesis – historical temperature stability of the Earth, theoretical considerations, satellite photos, and a description of the equilibrium mechanism.
An excellent read — he directly explores the Sun's contribution to our climate, something that the AGW'ers do not bother to consider.
209 (so far) excellent comments too — Watts Up With That is becoming a daily read for me.
Posted by DaveH at June 15, 2009 09:00 PM | TrackBack