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bananas

(27,509 posts)
Sun May 18, 2014, 08:05 AM May 2014

Nuclear Winter - Alan Robock on Reality Asserts Itself (Part 4 of 5)



Nuclear Winter - Alan Robock on Reality Asserts Itself (4/5)

TheRealNews
Published on May 5, 2014

Mr. Robock says a full-scale nuclear war between the United States and Russia would produce so much smoke that temperatures would get below freezing even in the summertime, crops would die and there would be no food for the entire planet.

watch full episode http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=832&Itemid=74&jumival=1179


This is part 4 of a 5-part interview, the other 4 parts are about global warming:

1. Global Warming Theory Based on Evidence, Not Belief

2. No CO2 Eureka Moment, Just Years of Statistical Analysis

3. Answering Counter Climate Claims

4, Nuclear Winter

5. What to Do Next About Global Warming?

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bananas

(27,509 posts)
1. Global Warming Theory Based on Evidence, Not a Belief - Alan Robock on RAI (1/5)
Sun May 18, 2014, 08:09 AM
May 2014


Global Warming Theory Based on Evidence, Not a Belief - Alan Robock on RAI (1/5)

TheRealNews
Published on Apr 28, 2014

On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Robock tells Paul Jay, he's really a skeptic who tries to be critical and then makes conclusions based on the evidence

bananas

(27,509 posts)
2. No CO2 Eureka Moment, Just Years of Statistical Analysis -- Alan Robock on RAI (2/5)
Sun May 18, 2014, 08:14 AM
May 2014


No CO2 Eureka Moment, Just Years of Statistical Analysis -- Alan Robock on RAI (2/5)

TheRealNews
Published on Apr 30, 2014

On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Robock says his initial work led him to investigate the role of volcanoes in global warming, but years of reports convinced him that CO2 is the most likely cause

bananas

(27,509 posts)
3. Answering Counter Climate Claims - Alan Robock on Reality Asserts Itself (3/5)
Sun May 18, 2014, 08:18 AM
May 2014


Answering Counter Climate Claims - Alan Robock on Reality Asserts Itself (3/5)

TheRealNews
Published on May 3, 2014

Mr. Robock takes on many of the arguments against the thesis that CO2 produced by industrial society is the main contributor to global warming

bananas

(27,509 posts)
5. What to Do Next About Global Warming? - Alan Robock on Reality Asserts Itself (5/5)
Sun May 18, 2014, 08:20 AM
May 2014


What to Do Next About Global Warming? - Alan Robock on Reality Asserts Itself (5/5)

TheRealNews
Published on May 6, 2014

Mr. Robock says coal burning must end now and fracking is not a good transitional form of energy production

 

951-Riverside

(7,234 posts)
9. No matter what the science shows, we don't have a say. Humanity is in the hands of 6-8 men.
Sun May 18, 2014, 03:52 PM
May 2014

If Putin or Obama decides to launch, it's all over and on top of the sun being blocked by smoke, radiation will destroy what's left.


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