Uncertainty about the future
climatic effect of carbon dioxide emissions consists of two parts: the future carbon dioxide concentration given current levels of emissions, and the amount of warming that can be expected from a given carbon dioxide concentration.
To any unprejudiced person reading this account, the facts should be obvious: that the non-
climatic effects of carbon dioxide as a sustainer of wildlife and crop plants are enormously beneficial, that the possibly harmful
climatic effects of carbon dioxide have been greatly exaggerated, and that the benefits clearly outweigh the possible damage.
Not exact matches
That adjustment would negate the warming
effects of 44 gigatons
of carbon dioxide, the researchers report in an upcoming issue
of Climatic Change.
The removal
of the phrase does have the
effect of making the inclusion
of carbon dioxide as a «
climatic factor» slightly less nonsensical on its face.
«While the
effect of direct
carbon dioxide fertilization has so far been neglected in marsh modeling, our research shows it is central in determining possible marsh survival under the foreseeable range
of climatic changes,» Marani said.
An increase in atmospheric
carbon dioxide caused by widespread combustion
of fossil fuels may intensify the greenhouse
effect and cause long - term
climatic changes.
Modeling
climatic effects of anthropogenic
carbon dioxide emissions: unknowns and uncertainties (Climate Research, Vol.
-- Modeling
climatic effects of anthropogenic
carbon dioxide emissions: unknowns and uncertainties.
Your interesting hypothesis regarding the
climatic effect of deep sea expulsion
of carbon dioxide does not seem plausible.
But one thing all aerosols have in common is that if you are going to balance the greenhouse
effect due to increasing levels
of carbon dioxide, you must keep increasing the amount
of aerosols — which will then increase the negative
effects associated with them — including diminished agricultural output and
climatic side -
effects — as they will not evenly counteract the
effects of increased
carbon dioxide and its water vapor feedback due to evaporation.
Remarkably, the report included a 23 - page discussion
of the
climatic effects of increased concentrations
of atmospheric
carbon dioxide (CO2), due to the combustion
of fossil fuels, and — interestingly enough — concluded with a proposal for research on a specific approach to responding, namely with what is now called «geoengineering.»