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Season 3, Episode 10
Conversation with Professors William Happer and William van Wijngaarden
In this episode, Dr. Tammy Nemeth is joined by Dr. William Happer, professor emeritus of physics at Princeton University, and his colleague Dr. William van Wijngaarden, professor of physics at York University, to discuss the role of methane on Earth’s temperature. The conversation was centred around the paper, “Dependence of Earth’s Thermal Radiation on Five Most Abundant Greenhouse Gases” and the “Methane and Climate” paper written by
Professors Happer and van Wijngaarden.
Here is a link to the five greenhouse
gases paper:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2006.03098.pdf
Here is a link to the Methane and
Climate paper: https://co2coalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Methane-and-Climate.pdf)
A short explanation of the above
papers:
https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2022/11/16/a_little_learning_on_methane_and_climate_change_864994.html
https://www.scienceunderattack.com/blog/2022/6/27/why-theres-no-need-to-panic-about-methane-in-the-atmosphere-106
Another summary of the methane paper:
https://co2coalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Methane-the-Irrelevant-GreenHouse-Gas.pdf
https://co2coalition.org/media/methane-and-climate-change-professor-william-van-wijngaarden/
The CO2 Coalition has a number of
excellent articles explaining the science in an accessible way: https://co2coalition.org
On Nitrous Oxide: https://co2coalition.org/publications/nitrous-oxide-and-climate/
https://co2coalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Nitrous-Oxide.pdf
Prof. van Wijngaarden on GHGs in
Ontario: https://co2coalition.org/publications/impact-of-changing-greenhouse-gas-concentrations-on-ontarios-climate/
https://co2coalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/OntarioClimate-Wijngaarden.pdf
Dr. Roy Spencer’s temperature data: https://www.drroyspencer.com/latest-global-temperatures/
See also, https://co2coalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Infrared-Forcing-by-Greenhouse-Gases-2019-Revised-3-7-2022.pdf
Biography of Prof. van Wijngaarden: https://wvanwijngaarden.info.yorku.ca/bio/
Biography of Prof. William Happer: https://dof.princeton.edu/people/william-happer
Conversation with Professors William Happer and William van Wijngaarden
In this episode, Dr. Tammy Nemeth is joined by Dr. William Happer, professor emeritus of physics at Princeton University, and his colleague Dr. William van Wijngaarden, professor of physics at York University, to discuss the role of methane on Earth’s temperature. The conversation was centred around the paper, “Dependence of Earth’s Thermal Radiation on Five Most Abundant Greenhouse Gases” and the “Methane and Climate” paper written by
Professors Happer and van Wijngaarden.
Here is a link to the five greenhouse
gases paper:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2006.03098.pdf
Here is a link to the Methane and
Climate paper: https://co2coalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Methane-and-Climate.pdf)
A short explanation of the above
papers:
https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2022/11/16/a_little_learning_on_methane_and_climate_change_864994.html
https://www.scienceunderattack.com/blog/2022/6/27/why-theres-no-need-to-panic-about-methane-in-the-atmosphere-106
Another summary of the methane paper:
https://co2coalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Methane-the-Irrelevant-GreenHouse-Gas.pdf
https://co2coalition.org/media/methane-and-climate-change-professor-william-van-wijngaarden/
The CO2 Coalition has a number of
excellent articles explaining the science in an accessible way: https://co2coalition.org
On Nitrous Oxide: https://co2coalition.org/publications/nitrous-oxide-and-climate/
https://co2coalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Nitrous-Oxide.pdf
Prof. van Wijngaarden on GHGs in
Ontario: https://co2coalition.org/publications/impact-of-changing-greenhouse-gas-concentrations-on-ontarios-climate/
https://co2coalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/OntarioClimate-Wijngaarden.pdf
Dr. Roy Spencer’s temperature data: https://www.drroyspencer.com/latest-global-temperatures/
See also, https://co2coalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Infrared-Forcing-by-Greenhouse-Gases-2019-Revised-3-7-2022.pdf
Biography of Prof. van Wijngaarden: https://wvanwijngaarden.info.yorku.ca/bio/
Biography of Prof. William Happer: https://dof.princeton.edu/people/william-happer
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