Joseph Fournier presents “part two” on how Pacific Walker circulation controls Earth’s largest greenhouse effect: cloud longwave radiative forcing. He explains cloud radiative forcing terminology, cites literature claiming cloud greenhouse warming dwarfs CO2 forcing, and shows satellite-era links between trade winds, cloud shifts during ENSO, outgoing longwave radiation, and global/tropical temperature anomalies. He contrasts absorbed solar radiation, OLR, and Earth energy imbalance, arguing global averages can be dominated by regional Pacific dynamics. He reviews multidecadal “dimming/brightening” sunshine trends in Europe, Japan and the U.S., discusses aerosols vs natural drivers, and briefly addresses future uncertainty, AMO/IPO impacts, and solar/cosmic-ray hypotheses.

00:00 Welcome Back: Joseph Fournier & Why This Is “Part Two”

02:15 Cloud Basics 101: Shortwave vs Longwave, Net Cloud Radiative Forcing

05:51 Albedo Matters: How Small Cloud Changes Rival CO₂ Forcing

08:40 Evidence in the Literature: Trendberth and Early Satellite Cloud Forcing Maps

14:28 Clouds vs CO₂ Since 2000: Step-Change in Cloudiness and OLR

16:56 Geography Over Global Averages: The Western Pacific Warm Pool Hotspot

20:12 Warm Pool Size, SST, and Real-World Impacts (Winters, ENSO Timescales)

22:48 Walker Circulation Explained: Where Deep Convection Sits in La Niña vs El Niño

25:34 Warm Pool “Thermal Capacitor”: Thermocline Slosh, Water Volume, and Cloud Shift

30:32 Sea Level Pile-Up and the Gravity-Driven Discharge During El Niño

32:36 Radiation Signatures of ENSO: DLW/OLR Links to Niño Indices

36:13 Cloud Forcing Ratios & Decadal Patterns: What El Niño Does to Warm Pool Clouds

40:34 Global Signals: OLR vs Global Air Temperature and the ENSO Lead–Lag

45:14 Trade Winds as the Control Knob: Linking Pacific Easterlies to Global OLR

47:44 Tropical temps, OLR & trade winds: Walker circulation link

48:42 Clouds as the “other knob”: absorbed shortwave (ASR) vs temperature

50:29 2023 El Niño cloud changes: low-cloud cover & shifting albedo

53:49 ASR vs OLR since 2000: the hiatus ends and the energy budget shifts

55:44 Earth Energy Imbalance (EEI) vs GAT: why the correlation breaks

57:58 Seasonal cycle first: EEI swings, hemispheres, clouds & land–ocean contrast

01:00:10 Wrap-up: two greenhouse effects & a call for academics to test it

01:02:54 Sunshine hours & AMO: UK/Europe brightening over the 20th century

01:07:26 Aerosols vs clouds: modern satellite trends and the “brightening” debate

01:11:53 Global dimming/brightening goes global: Japan/China records & Pacific teleconnections

01:12:56 Natural vs human drivers: when aerosols don’t explain surface radiation

01:18:13 Forecasting the next decade: sun, AMO/IPO, cooling claims & big uncertainties

01:26:17 Closing remarks: slides, Substack, and the climate–energy–geopolitics link

More information about Joseph Fournier: https://co2coalition.org/teammember/joseph-fournier/

His 2024 presentation: https://youtu.be/P2hVW0R67CY

Joseph’s Substack: https://josephfournier.substack.com/

X: https://x.com/JosephF55175005

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Jamie Andrews discusses his journey from geology to virology, questioning the mechanisms and validity of virus transmission and pathogenic theories, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on historical and contemporary controlled human infection studies, Andrews suggests that viruses do not spread as traditionally believed and criticizes the reliance on PCR tests for diagnosing viral infections. He also questions the role of global institutions in shaping scientific narratives, proposing that environmental factors and industrial toxins may play a more significant role in disease than viruses.

00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome

00:20 Journey into Virology and 2020 Events

01:21 Geology Background and Climate Data

04:48 Skepticism and Investigations

10:28 Controlled Human Infection Models

11:25 Spanish Flu and Historical Experiments

15:42 Modern Virology and Contagion Studies

31:36 Court Cases and Legal Battles

39:01 Realizing the Potential of Independent Research

40:21 Crowdsourcing and Engaging CROs

41:16 Following Standard Laboratory Protocols

41:56 Unexpected Findings in Cell Cultures

45:22 Microscopy and Viral Morphologies

49:36 Challenges with Mainstream Virology

54:58 Genetic Sequencing and Future Research

01:02:05 Debating Historical Disease Outbreaks

01:10:20 Concluding Thoughts and Future Directions

https://x.com/JamieAA_Again

https://substack.com/@controlstudies

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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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