meteorology, definition of

Greenhouse gases are those gaseous constituents of the atmosphere, both natural and anthropogenic, that absorb and emit radiation at specific wavelengths within the spectrum of thermal infrared radiation emitted by the Earth’s surface, the atmosphere itself, and by clouds. This property causes the greenhouse effect.

Greenhouse gases are essential to maintaining the current temperature of the Earth; without them the planet would be uninhabitable.

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• Global Excuses: Ship pollution was saving us from global warming, but now we’ve fixed the ships, we’re all going to die
  By Jo Nova The evil shipping smoke was shielding us from global warming… You’ll never guess but it’s worse than we thought, and we are more to blame than we thought, kiss my government grant and pray to Gaia.
• NCAR Study: Otis Rapid Hurricane Intensification was Not Driven by Climate Change
  Forecasting these “rapid intensification” events is a challenge, in part because we do not fully understand the science behind rapid intensification.'
• Was the 2nd heaviest day of rain in Australia caused by a volcano in Chile?
  Photo of the 2015 explosion of Calbuco Volcano in Chile, by Keraunos ob, posted on the Earth of Fire blog by Bernard Duyck.   By Jo Nova A year ago I wrote about the odd link between the Hunga Tonga volcanic dust and floods in Australia, but perhaps...
• How the climate crisis is threatening power supply stability
  Extreme weather events mean once reliable sources of power can fail
• How will UK’s winter weather forecast affect heating bills?
  Met Office due to publish long-term forecast that will give steer on likely energy use in coming months
• The Tongan eruption sent shockwaves around the world
  Scott Manley has done an excellent summary video of the Tongan volcano, much of the science and history of it as well as the effects thousands of miles away...
• We Trust Meteorology To Save Lives. Is The Same Possible For Climate Science?
  Sorry, the suggestion that passing policy based on 50-year climate science forecasts is somehow supported by the success of weather forecast models is mis-guided at best.
• A history of droughts and flooding rains from 1782 – 1865 in Australia
  Here’s one for all the history-deniers from 1885 Mr N Bartley understood Australias climate 134 years ago better than some climate scientists appear to now.
• ACORN adjustments robbed Marble Bar of its legendary world record. Death Valley now longest hottest place
  For generations it was a Guinness Book of Records type thing. Now it’s gone. In 1924 Marble Bar set a world record of the most consecutive days of 100 °F (37.8 °C) or above, during an incredible period of 160 days starting in 1923. It was legend...
• The cloudless NW Indian ocean may drive Australian storms and US cold weather in the next month
  There is a strong phenomenon called the Madden-Julian Oscilation (MJO) happening over the Indian ocean North west of Australia.The MJO is a massive convective pattern that churns it’s way from west to east across the Indian and into the Pacific....