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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Clouds cool the planet

Temperature is a function of the radiation of the Sun incident upon the surface of the planet. Temperature is higher at the equator because of the direct inclination of the planet to sunlight. Temperature will drive relative humidity but clouds require condensation nuclei to form. Forests and phytoplankton that cover many square miles on the planet’s surface intercept the sunlight. In response to the high intensity of radiation, sulfur aerosols are released by the plants to reduce the albedo and protect the plants from Ultraviolet through cosmic rays. If the coverage of plants are reduced then the cloud cover will be reduced and more infrared will be intercepted by carbon dioxide since clouds are missing. So how does the climate change as a result of mankind’s activities? Deforestation and polluting of the ocean can definitely result in heating up the land masses by lessening the cloud cover. Adding more anthropogenic sulfur dioxide and other pollutants certainly is not the answer to cooling. Adding more carbon dioxide will not in itself raise global temperature but it is the best indicator to show mankind’s footprint, pollution and devastation of ecosystems around the globe. A turbulent Sun will protect us from galactic cosmic rays but will had harmful solar cosmic rays and ultraviolet rays. The best way to protect ourselves and conserve resources is Reforestation and Ocean protection. Protect those tiny plankton that produce more oxygen and clouds than all the forests of the world combined. Again tiny organisms like voters stand together to protect the planet from cosmic rays. Before plants evolved these organisms with calcium carbonate shells took in alga to form a symbiotic relationship and forge a dynasty that lasts to this day. Together they form a union , one protects the alga from harmful radiation, the alga photosynthesizes the Sun’s energy to make sugar. Together they produce dimethyl sulfide after lysis by zooplankton. This compound is the primary nuclei for cloud formation. Bacteria assimilate most of this compound, especially when phytoplankton are weak from strong UV radiation.
When the Sun is Quiet during times of low sunspots, more cosmic rays penetrate to the Ocean surface. These are more damaging to bacterial populations than to phytoplankton so their numbers skyrocket, more food for zooplankton and fish. Also with far less bacteria to assimilate DMS, more is released to the atmosphere and more clouds are formed. Much of the theory can be credited to Lovelock and many others besides but I differ in how the planet is regulated. Lovelock thinks the planet is self regulating but I think there is much evidence for regulation from outside the planet, namely the Sun and galactic cosmic rays from supernovas. This is important because it implies the origin of life itself and how it evolved or was created. Creation implies an event from which all things come forth. Evolution implies a continual creation of forms from an unknown origin. It is your point of view but at some point the forms of life change and adapt to adverse factors such as cosmic rays.

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