Ned Nikolov: Beyond the Greenhouse Theory | Tom Nelson Pod #268

Dr. Ned Nikolov obtained his Ph.D. Degree in ecosystem modeling from Colorado State University in 1997. He then spent 3 years as a post-doctorate researcher at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, TN. Since 2001, he has been working as a physical scientist in one capacity or another for a project funded by the US Forest Service focused on developing of fire-weather applications based on historical climatological data and producing operational fire-weather forecasts to assist the wildfire- and smoke management in the USA. He has been conducting climate research since 2011. 00:00 Introduction to the New Climate Paradigm 00:58 Challenges with Current Climate Models 01:58 Explaining the 2023 Heat Anomaly 03:09 Fundamental Premises of the New Paradigm 04:26 Reevaluating the Greenhouse Effect 04:50 The Role of Atmospheric Pressure 05:12 Global Surface Temperature Determinants 06:19 Misconceptions in Climate Theory 07:34 Analyzing the Greenhouse Effect 08:56 Stefan Boltzmann Law and Temperature Calculations 12:14 Moon Temperature Observations 16:51 Publication Challenges and Pseudonyms 19:53 Radiative Definition of the Greenhouse Effect 35:33 Polytropic Processes in the Troposphere 44:43 Introduction to Thermal Effect of Atmospheres 45:48 Universal Mechanism of Atmospheric Thermal Effect 48:54 Dimensional Analysis and Planetary Data 51:28 Pressure Heating and Atmospheric Composition 53:17 Baseline Temperature and Albedo 01:00:51 Global Temperature Equation and Climate Models 01:03:18 Latitudinal Temperature Gradients 01:09:06 Impact of Albedo and Solar Irradiance 01:22:41 Paleoclimate and Atmospheric Pressure Hypothesis 01:25:27 Testing the Hypothesis: Polar Temperature Amplification 01:27:32 Geological Temperature Records and Climate Change 01:31:06 Polar Amplification: Ice Ages vs. Early Eocene 01:34:47 Modeling Climate Dynamics: Pressure and Temperature 01:43:42 Challenging the Greenhouse Hypothesis 01:48:29 Future Climate Predictions and Cloud Cover 01:50:46 Skeptics and the CO2 Debate 01:59:46 Reconstructing Ancient Atmospheric Pressure 02:03:33 Conclusion and Final Thoughts Volokin & ReLlez (pseudonyms for Nikolov & Zeller) (2014): On the average temperature of airless spherical bodies and the magnitude of Earth’s atmospheric thermal effect: https://springerplus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/2193-1801-3-723 Nikolov & Zeller (2017): New insights on the physical nature of the Atmospheric Greenhouse Effect deduced from an empirical planetary temperature model: https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/New-Insights-on-the-Physical-Nature-of-the-Atmospheric-Greenhouse-Effect-Deduced-from-an-Empirical-Planetary-Temperature-Model.pdf Nikolov & Zeller (2024): Roles of Earth’s albedo variations and top-of-the-atmosphere Energy Imbalance in recent warming: New Insights from satellite and surface observations: https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7418/4/3/17 X: https://x.com/NikolovScience ========= AI summaries of all of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL89cj_OtPeenLkWMmdwcT8Dt0DGMb8RGR X: https://x.com/TomANelson Substack: https://tomn.substack.com/ About Tom: https://tomn.substack.com/about