This is part 3 of a series on defining temperature. In part one I covered various temperature definitions used and pointed out that “temperature,” unmodified is only a measurement of an emergent statistical property with little meaning beyond that. It is important in physics and daily life, but not a primitive well defined property like mass or energy.
In part two I covered kinetic temperature, which is “what we measure with a thermometer” (Schroeder, 2000). In the original X discussion that spurred me to write these posts, some argued that the “real” definition of “temperature” was the thermodynamic equilibrium temperature. Of course this is not true. For nearly everyone on Earth, thermometers measure temperature…
Source: Watts Up With That?
Press releases
- Norway Rejects Climate Orthodoxy’s False Choice, Builds Wealth
- U.S. Nuclear Waste: History of a Failed Endeavor
- Wrong, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Nuclear Power Isn’t the Reliability Problem
- ChatGPT Completely Nukes Kenya’s College Essay Writing Gig Economy
- ONS Peddling Fake Heatwave Deaths Scare
Alarmism Archives
- Wrong, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Nuclear Power Isn’t the Reliability Problem
- Claim: 1.5C Global Warming is Not a Magic Number
- Claim: Solar saved the day when Heatwaves Forced Shutdowns of European Nuclear Plants
- The Ghoulish Race to Turn Nepal’s Flood Victims Into a ‘Climate Crisis’ Talking Point
- Betsy “Code Green” Rosenberg: Emotional Climatism
Sea level Archives
- New Study: The Antarctic Ice Sheet Gained Mass From 2020-2024 Due To Staggering Snow And Ice Accumulation
- New Study: Antarctic Ice Melt Has Contributed Less Than 1 Centimeter To Sea Level Rise In The Last 30 Years
- Technical Note on the Possible Variation in Sea Level Rise “Accelerations” over the Next 5 Years
- Pacific Climate Games
- New Study: Chile’s Relative Sea Level Was 3.2 Meters Higher Than Today During The Mid-Holocene
