adobe’s premiere is very good (a close second).

if you get the full version of either of these, then codecs come as part of the package (they are what support multiple file tyeps).

2. CO2 does readily pass between ocean and air, but it does not “reach equilibrium”. Rather, the amount of dissolved CO2 in oceans is strongly dependent on the temperature of the water (cold water holds more). This is analgous to the way water easily passes between oceans and air (in both directions), although the amount of water in the air is strongly dependent on air temperature (cold air holds less). Also, the amount of CO2 in the air DOES vary strongly with the seasons, as plant growth in the northern summer depletes global CO2 levels. This is further evidence against the equilibrium hypothesis.

3. Water vapor cannot force global climate change, because it stays in the air for too short a time. Do a thought experiment: wave your magic wand and make the whole atmosphere 100% relative humidity. What happens then? The world gets 2 weeks of rain, and then we’d be back to where we are now. Now wave your magic wand and make the whole atmosphere 0% relative humidity. What happens then? The world gets 2 weeks of no rain, until evaporation from the oceans brings us back to where we are now. In both cases, we change the weather, but not the climate.

It’s true that water vapor is a larger component of the overall greenhouse effect than CO2, but water vapor in the air is strongly dependent on air temperature. So what happens is that when a long-lived greenhouse gas (like CO2) increases, the increased temperature allows more water vapor into the air, which further enhances the warming from CO2. Water vapor acts as a “positive feedback” in the climate system. Blaming water vapor for climate change instead of CO2 is like blaming the bullet for the murder instead of the man that pulled the trigger.

4. This whole “point” is nuts. What cools the earth as a whole is infrared radiation leaving the top of the atmosphere (TOA). Period. Nothing else. Now, what cools the SURFACE of the earth is a combination of radiation, convection, and evaporation. But that energy stays in the climate system, heating something else, until it eventually leaves the TOA via infrared radiation. Infrared leaving the TOA is the spigot that controls the water level in the basin. If you change that, it doesn’t matter which way the water swirls as it leaves the drain.

5. IPCC doesn’t do original research at all. They just report on the original research done by others. This is just a ridiculous “conspiracy” argument put forward by the tinfoil-hat crowd, without a shred of evidence to support it. By contrast, many of the anti-global warming groups have been funded by Big Oil.

The rest of your question is so incomprehensible, I can only imagine it was devised to fool gullible people without a scientific background.

The problem with the US of A is that they probably thought Iraq was one of their ‘red neck’ states in some back water, like eh….. Texas!

If US of A had any intelligence they may be danger to someone. At the moment the US of A is its own worse enemy!

Why would you even consider an article on the web at someone (clearly with no relevant science training or experience) personal blog more credible than an article by actual climate scientists from NASA, NOAA, or major Universities?

NASA Global Warming Q&A:

The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Global Warming FAQs

Department of Geology and Geophysics at Yale Global Warming FAQ

NOAA Global Warming FAQ

Trenberth, K. E., 2008: An update on human-induced climate change: global warming: coming, ready or not.

Do you consider the people behind these articles less competent (or honest) in this field than someone who studied mushrooms in college?