Joseph Hickey from CORRELATION Research in the Public Interest discusses findings on Canada’s temperature records, revealing a unique stepwise increase in 1998 that accounts for all the country’s warming since 1948. This anomaly challenges the prevailing CO2-driven warming paradigm, suggesting potential influences from natural climate variability, such as ocean oscillations. Hickey also highlights issues of data adjustments and inconsistencies in Environment Canada’s records.

00:00 Introduction and Guest Introduction

00:23 Overview of Correlation Research

02:13 Joseph Hickey's Background

03:53 Initial Observations on Temperature Data

08:18 Stepwise Increase in Temperature Data

11:12 Geographical Spread of Temperature Steps

18:31 Analysis of Temperature Trends Post-1998

27:24 Potential Causes of Temperature Steps

34:09 Conclusion and Future Research

35:19 Q&A Session

https://x.com/josephmhickey

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joseph-Hickey-5

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Jonathan Cohler and Willie Soon present a rebuttal to assertions made by Ned Nikolov about the physical meaning of global mean surface temperature (GMST). They argue that GMST is a physically meaningless statistical construct that cannot represent the Earth's thermal state or energy content due to its basis in non-equilibrium thermodynamics. They emphasize that temperature is an intensive property and its aggregation across different systems is fundamentally flawed from both mathematical and thermodynamic perspectives.

00:00 Introduction and Guest Introduction

00:38 Global Temperature: Physically Meaningless

01:28 Thermodynamics and Its Importance

02:26 Disagreement in Science

02:58 Essex Etal 2007 Paper Discussion

04:25 Defining Global Mean Surface Temperature (GMST)

08:04 Temperature and Energy Relationship

15:43 Critique of Nikolov's Claims

34:26 Averaging Methods and Their Flaws

49:28 Debunking Global Temperature Myths

49:48 The Flaws in Global Temperature Estimation

51:23 Classical Realism and Thermodynamics

53:06 Critique of GMST and Climate Models

54:23 The Paris Agreement and GMST

55:47 Misconceptions in Climate Science

01:14:21 The Role of AI in Climate Research

01:20:03 Concluding Thoughts and Future Work

https://jonathancohler.com/

https://x.com/cohler

DDP July 2025 presentation: “The Father of Lies: Hijacking Climate Science - Jonathan Cohler”: https://youtu.be/o_YJgD5cy1I

DDP July 2025 presentation: How well can we measure the Earth’s energy budget? Willie Soon, Ph.D.: https://youtu.be/tI0qmV2Bbc8

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Ned Nikolov discusses the physical meaning of the global mean surface temperature, addressing critiques by papers from Essex et al. (2007) and Jonathan Cohler (2025) that question its validity. Nikolov argues that these critiques misunderstand thermodynamic principles, and presents his own analysis, supported by satellite data, which shows a meaningful correlation between global mean surface temperature and energy fluxes. He emphasizes the importance of using accurate scientific principles when critiquing climate science to maintain credibility.

00:00 Introduction and Topic Overview

00:38 Questioning the Global Mean Surface Temperature

01:24 Review of Key Papers

02:23 Arguments Against Global Mean Surface Temperature

04:29 Analyzing the Validity of Temperature Averages

09:47 Kohler's Perspective on Temperature Measurement

19:03 Empirical Data and Model Comparisons

33:45 Understanding Temperature in Thermodynamics

37:49 Introduction to Temperature and Energy Concepts

38:09 Kohler's Statement and Its Flaws

38:34 Understanding Internal Energy and PV Energy

40:39 The Gas Law and Its Implications

43:08 Boltzmann Constant and Molecular Energy

44:11 Degrees of Freedom in Gas Molecules

45:06 Combining Equations for Total Energy

48:33 Temperature and Energy Relationship

49:11 Redefining Kelvin Using Boltzmann Constant

54:57 Global Mean Surface Temperature

57:55 Calculating Moon's Average Temperature

01:02:05 Latitude and Global Temperature Relationship

01:06:36 Critique of IPCC and Climate Skeptics

01:09:35 Q&A and Final Thoughts

Essex et al. (2007): https://www.fys.ku.dk/~andresen/BAhome/ownpapers/globalTexist.pdf

Cohler (2025): https://www.jpands.org/vol30no4/cohler.pdf

Nikolv & Zeller (2024): https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7418/4/3/17

Open Letter to IPCC: https://tallbloke.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/open_letter_to_ipcc_authors.pdf

My tweet about NASA and global average temperature being 62.45F, or between 56F and 58F, or something: https://x.com/TomANelson/status/1033711214109646848

https://x.com/NikolovScience

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