Comments on: Giant Asian Killer “Brown Cloud” is Coming to a Continent Near You! http://twilightearth.com/environment-archive-2/asian_brown_cloud_pollution/ Twilight Earth is dedicated to saving the Environment through shared News, Discussion, Advocacy and Activism Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:04:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Roy Scribner http://twilightearth.com/environment-archive-2/asian_brown_cloud_pollution/comment-page-1/#comment-796 Roy Scribner Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:58:49 +0000 http://www.twilightearth.com/?p=1524#comment-796 Ah! The googlefu is strong with me, today - it was on an episode of Nova: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sun/about.html <i>Comparing changes in the daily temperature range showed that the absence of dimming from aircraft pollution alone made a marked difference to the temperature. This result hints at how much the effects of atmospheric pollution had been underestimated.</i> Ah! The googlefu is strong with me, today – it was on an episode of Nova:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sun/about.html

Comparing changes in the daily temperature range showed that the absence of dimming from aircraft pollution alone made a marked difference to the temperature. This result hints at how much the effects of atmospheric pollution had been underestimated.

]]> By: Adam Shake http://twilightearth.com/environment-archive-2/asian_brown_cloud_pollution/comment-page-1/#comment-795 Adam Shake Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:29:18 +0000 http://www.twilightearth.com/?p=1524#comment-795 Roy, I had to look it up. "googlefu - A disciplined mastery of Google search techniques. A googlefu master possesses many secret and awe-inspiring moves allowing him ultimate access to the most obscure data. Sometimes abbreviated as goo-fu." Asian Brown Cloud + Googlefu = Hong Kong Phooey? Roy, I had to look it up.

“googlefu – A disciplined mastery of Google search techniques. A googlefu master possesses many secret and awe-inspiring moves allowing him ultimate access to the most obscure data. Sometimes abbreviated as goo-fu.”

Asian Brown Cloud + Googlefu = Hong Kong Phooey?

]]> By: Jon Petherbridge http://twilightearth.com/environment-archive-2/asian_brown_cloud_pollution/comment-page-1/#comment-794 Jon Petherbridge Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:04:15 +0000 http://www.twilightearth.com/?p=1524#comment-794 The most likely explanation for this super-smog is subterfuge. As a former military man you can’t deny the possibility that the cloud cloaks the Sino mothership -a huge dirigible crammed full of hairless shock-troops armed with discount Christmas gifts. Our only hope now is that Sam Walton will reach a holy finger down from heaven and pop the SOB. The most likely explanation for this super-smog is subterfuge. As a former military man you can’t deny the possibility that the cloud cloaks the Sino mothership -a huge dirigible crammed full of hairless shock-troops armed with discount Christmas gifts. Our only hope now is that Sam Walton will reach a holy finger down from heaven and pop the SOB.

]]> By: Roy Scribner http://twilightearth.com/environment-archive-2/asian_brown_cloud_pollution/comment-page-1/#comment-793 Roy Scribner Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:28:52 +0000 http://www.twilightearth.com/?p=1524#comment-793 I remember seeing a startling statistic on the increased brightness from the sun, post 9/11, due to grounding all air traffic. Will have to challenge my Googlefu and see if I can find it. I remember seeing a startling statistic on the increased brightness from the sun, post 9/11, due to grounding all air traffic. Will have to challenge my Googlefu and see if I can find it.

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