If the surface is warming, and OLR is increasing, then energy is being lost via OLR and eventually when
the additional warming ends, the earth will lose heat via OLR and cool.
Not exact matches
Indeed, even if we
ended all emissions tomorrow,
additional warming is on the way thanks to the momentum built into the earth's intricate climate system.
«You have scenarios assuming very strong decisions, very quick and sharp reduction of greenhouse gases, and you have other scenarios with business as usual, where you
end up with predictions of
additional warming of 5, 6 degrees, maybe even more.
I think it
ended up adding just the right amount of interest as well as an
additional layer to help me stay
warm.
* & & * — if the stratosphere were optically thick and
warmed at the bottom even if the whole experiences net cooling, then the stratospheric feedback adds to the initial TRPP forcing, and the
end result could require
warming below TRPP to change the flux at TRPP to an amount greater than the TRPP after stratospheric adjustment, because of the
additional warming that would occur in the (lower) stratosphere.
-------- * & & * — if the stratosphere were optically thick and
warmed at the bottom even if the whole experiences net cooling, then the stratospheric feedback adds to the initial TRPP forcing, and the
end result could require
warming below TRPP to change the flux at TRPP to an amount greater than the TRPP after stratospheric adjustment, because of the
additional warming that would occur in the (lower) stratosphere.
«Without
additional mitigation, and even with adaptation,
warming by the
end of the 21st century will lead to high to very high risk of severe, widespread, and irreversible impacts globally,» it stated.
This Synthesis Report repeats with greater certainty findings that have figured prominently in earlier IPCC assessments, that the Earth's climate is
warming «unequivocally,» that the human influence in this process is «clear» and that the changing climate is very likely to bring impacts:» [w] ithout
additional mitigation efforts beyond those in place today, and even with adaptation,
warming by the
end of the 21st century will lead to high to very high risk of severe, widespread, and irreversible impacts globally.»
Thus the atmosphere
ends up so
warm that even
additional heating stops almost completely.