Atmosphere Carbon Dioxide Radiation 
Real Climate
SEPTEMBER 19, 2021
but it inevitably brings forth a mish-mash of half-remembered, inappropriate or out-of-date comparisons between the impacts of carbon dioxide and methane. Thus despite the smaller concentrations and changes in methane compared to carbon dioxide, the impacts are comparable. W/m 2 for CH 4. Stocks and flows.
Real Climate
JULY 10, 2022
The fact that there is a natural greenhouse effect (that the atmosphere restricts the passage of infra-red (IR) radiation from the Earth’s surface to space) is easily deducible from; i) the mean temperature of the surface (around 15ºC) and, ii) knowing that the planet is normally close to radiative equilibrium.
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Law Columbia
OCTOBER 25, 2024
The next week has the potential to bring important developments for international governance of marine carbon dioxide removal (CDR). seaweed) for carbon storage. Solar radiation management is distinct from CDR. In 2022, the parties agreed to evaluate those four approaches, and how they should be governed.
Real Climate
OCTOBER 12, 2021
The key aspects were the inclusion of water vapour feedback as temperatures increased, and the use of ‘convective adjustment’ to maintain stability of the lower atmospheric column. The basic issue stems from the different timescales of the ocean and atmosphere. But let’s go back to the beginning.
Physics World
OCTOBER 30, 2021
In fact, in 1938 Sir George Simpson, a leading meteorologist, dismissed the link between rising carbon-dioxide (CO 2 ) concentration and temperature as “ rather a coincidence ”. The non-expert in question was Guy Callendar , a British steam engineer doing his own atmospheric research at home.
Real Climate
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
The energy balance of our planet , the radiation arriving and leaving, is continually monitored by a global radiation network at the surface and by dedicated satellites. And yes, also the increase in back-radiation towards the Earth surface from the CO2 greenhouse effect is a measured fact. Image: Prof.
Real Climate
AUGUST 9, 2021
There are other things that will get the headlines (the expected time before we get to 1.5ºC or 2ºC, the headline SLR numbers, the ‘unprecedented rate’ statement, constraints on climate sensitivity , carbon cycle feedbacks, the implications for the carbon budgets etc.), 1981) which can be seen here. Johnson, A. Lebedeff, P.
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