I recently read a news summary at Science 2.0. The same summary was also published by ScienceDaily.
After reading the Science 2.0 article, I left a comment.
I was interested in how others would react to my analysis of the news summary. Well, I went back to the site, and couldn’t find this news summary. It’s now almost two weeks since I posted my reaction, and it has simply disappeared from the site (you can still google and find it, but with no comment shown).
The comment I left behind was along these lines: if, indeed, lakes are warming, then why—as the study indicates—do “ice-covered” lakes show the MOST warming?? You would think it would be the opposite, right.
That’s because the silly theory of “global warming” says the increased CO2 in the highest part of our atmosphere is reflecting light back to the surface water, warming them, with the warmed waters releasing more H20–which is the real hothouse ‘gas,’ not CO2. Well, if the lakes showing the most warming are covered with ‘ice’ (at least for a good portion of the year), then one would expect the ‘ice’ to melt, and the water in the lake beneath not to ‘feel’ the extra solar radiation. Hence, the ‘ice-covered’ lakes should have heated up the LEAST!!
But, there’s more.
OTOH, if the TRUE cause of lakes warming up (and of the oceans, and, via increased H20, the atmosphere) is from a greater amount of heat coming from earth’s core (IOW, a slightly higher temperature gradient), then, since “ice-covered” lakes CAN’T give off the heat coming from below as ‘water vapor’ (yes, like an ‘evaporate cooler’!!), then one would expect that the “ice-covered” lakes would heat up the most.
Same data: different conclusion; a conclusion that ought to be reached, but isn’t (why?).
And, of course, the news summary—with my comment—disappears.
So much for “truth in ‘warming’.”
P.S. I should add that if you look at the actual article—which can be accessed (or could)—you’ll find that some of the lakes showing the least amount of warming were located in the Alps. Now, if solar radiation is the cause of heating the lakes, then lakes that are higher in elevation–like those in the Alps–should show a higher level of warming; but they don’t. On the premise that the actual heating comes from the core of the earth, however, this makes sense since they are farther away from the source of this heat.