If, in its negative mode, it can fully
counteract anthropogenic warming then in its positive mode it made a large contribution to warming in the last decades of the previous century.
But the idea that it is significant enough to meaningful
counteract anthropogenic emissions is not well accepted, because the evidence isn't there.
Not exact matches
The study also showed that the effect was much larger on a regional scale,
counteracting possibly up to 30 % of warming in more rural, forested areas where
anthropogenic emissions of aerosols were much lower in comparison to the natural aerosols.
To attribute her observed dissolution to
anthropogenic CO2, Bednarsek argued recent invasions of
anthropogenic CO2 into the surface water had lowered its surface pH to such an extent, mixing no longer
counteracted the low pH of upwelled water.
In attempts to
counteract the temperature decrease from 1940 to 1970 while CO2 from human sources increased proponents of
anthropogenic global warming (AGW) claimed it was due to human addition of sulfate aerosols.
The study also showed that the effect was much larger on a regional scale,
counteracting possibly up to 30 % of warming in more rural, forested areas where
anthropogenic emissions of aerosols were much lower in comparison to the natural aerosols.