Re:CO2 levels mark 'new era' in the world's changing climate
by idlewords on Monday October 24, 2016 @11:11AM
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You can prove it to yourself by asking what happened to all the carbon in coal and oil extracted since the 18th century. It tracks the rise in atmospheric CO2, as you would expect, since we burned it.
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Re:CO2 levels mark 'new era' in the world's changing climate
by TillE on Monday October 24, 2016 @04:25PM
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I've been pointing this out to obstinate nerds for years. This really isn't complicated: human-generated CO2 does not magically disappear, and we know exactly how it interacts with infrared radiation. Just put these two simple facts together.