Ned Nikolov: Beyond the Greenhouse Theory | Tom Nelson Pod #268

Tom Nelson

Dr. Ned Nikolov obtained his Ph.D. Degree in ecosystem modeling from Colorado State University in 1997. He then spent 3 years as a post-doctorate researcher at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, TN. Since 2001, he has been working as a physical scientist in one capacity or another for a project funded by the US Forest Service focused on developing of fire-weather applications based on historical climatological data and producing operational fire-weather forecasts to assist the wildfire- and smoke management in the USA. He has been conducting climate research since 2011.

00:00 Introduction to the New Climate Paradigm

00:58 Challenges with Current Climate Models

01:58 Explaining the 2023 Heat Anomaly

03:09 Fundamental Premises of the New Paradigm

04:26 Reevaluating the Greenhouse Effect

04:50 The Role of Atmospheric Pressure

05:12 Global Surface Temperature Determinants

06:19 Misconceptions in Climate Theory

07:34 Analyzing the Greenhouse Effect

08:56 Stefan Boltzmann Law and Temperature Calculations

12:14 Moon Temperature Observations

16:51 Publication Challenges and Pseudonyms

19:53 Radiative Definition of the Greenhouse Effect

35:33 Polytropic Processes in the Troposphere

44:43 Introduction to Thermal Effect of Atmospheres

45:48 Universal Mechanism of Atmospheric Thermal Effect

48:54 Dimensional Analysis and Planetary Data

51:28 Pressure Heating and Atmospheric Composition

53:17 Baseline Temperature and Albedo

01:00:51 Global Temperature Equation and Climate Models

01:03:18 Latitudinal Temperature Gradients

01:09:06 Impact of Albedo and Solar Irradiance

01:22:41 Paleoclimate and Atmospheric Pressure Hypothesis

01:25:27 Testing the Hypothesis: Polar Temperature Amplification

01:27:32 Geological Temperature Records and Climate Change

01:31:06 Polar Amplification: Ice Ages vs. Early Eocene

01:34:47 Modeling Climate Dynamics: Pressure and Temperature

01:43:42 Challenging the Greenhouse Hypothesis

01:48:29 Future Climate Predictions and Cloud Cover

01:50:46 Skeptics and the CO2 Debate

01:59:46 Reconstructing Ancient Atmospheric Pressure

02:03:33 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

Volokin & ReLlez (pseudonyms for Nikolov & Zeller) (2014): On the average temperature of airless spherical bodies and the magnitude of Earth’s atmospheric thermal effect: https://springerplus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/2193-1801-3-723

Nikolov & Zeller (2017): New insights on the physical nature of the Atmospheric Greenhouse Effect deduced from an empirical planetary temperature model: https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/New-Insights-on-the-Physical-Nature-of-the-Atmospheric-Greenhouse-Effect-Deduced-from-an-Empirical-Planetary-Temperature-Model.pdf

Nikolov & Zeller (2024): Roles of Earth’s albedo variations and top-of-the-atmosphere Energy Imbalance in recent warming: New Insights from satellite and surface observations: https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7418/4/3/17

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