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Tag Archives: atmospheric CO2
Climate change doesn’t work like that
A couple of years ago I wrote a post where I tried to explain why I thought climate change was a different kind of problem when compared to most of the other issues we might face today. I find it … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Environmental change, ethics, Policy, Science
Tagged AGW, atmospheric CO2, Jessica Tierney, Jody Freeman, Jonathan Gilligan, Pliocene
72 Comments
The Carbon Cycle
Robert Rohde, who is lead scientist for Berkeley Earth, has created a really nice illustration of the carbon cycle. It shows how the CO2 cycles between the different carbon reservoirs, and how our emissions have perturbed the carbon cycle so … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Research, Science
Tagged atmospheric CO2, Berkeley Earth, Carbon cycle, Revelle factor, Robert Rohde, Sedimentation
40 Comments
Infrared absorption of atmospheric carbon dioxide
Geoff Price made me aware of a paper, by an apparently highly published physicist, that considers the infrared absorption of atmospheric carbon. It concludes that CO2 is a very weak greenhouse gas and cannot be accepted as the main driver … Continue reading
A Harde response
Earlier this year, I wrote a post about a paper by Hermann Harde that argued that most of the rise in atmospheric CO2 was natural. If you want more details of why this suggestion is nonsense, you can read my … Continue reading
Posted in ClimateBall, Gavin Schmidt, Research, Science
Tagged atmospheric CO2, AWI, Gavin Cawley, Gavin Schmidt, Hermann Harde, Judith Hauck, Peter Kohler, Richard Zeebe
102 Comments
Oh no, not again
Somehow a paper arguing that the increase in atmospheric CO2 is mostly natural has managed to pass peer-review. Gavin Schmidt’s already covered it in a Realcimate post. Gavin Cawley’s paper is, in a sense, a pre-emptive response to this new … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, IPCC, Pseudoscience, Research
Tagged anthropogenic emissions, atmospheric CO2, David Archer, Gavin Cawley, Gavin Schmidt, Hermann Harde, IPCC, RealClimate
69 Comments
Ocean CO2 uptake – part 2
This is really a continuation of my post in which I tried to lay out the basic chemical reactions associated with the uptake of by the ocean. Nick Stokes has a similar post and has a nice online calculator. What … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Climate sensitivity, Research, Science
Tagged atmospheric CO2, Chemistry, David Archer, Ocean carbonate cycle, Revelle factor
140 Comments
Ocean CO2 uptake
This is a post I’ve been meaning to write for some time, and is partly motivated by a discussion Drikan and I have been having on another blog. It will probably end up being two posts, with this one simply … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change
Tagged atmospheric CO2, Carbonate chemistry of seawater, Henry's Law
166 Comments
Murry Salby in London
Joshua has pointed out that Judith Curry has written a post about Murry Salby’s recent presentation in London. There was some hope that Judith might actually express some views about his ideas, but she just seems to find it interesting. … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, Global warming, Greenhouse effect, Judith Curry, Science
Tagged atmospheric CO2, Eli, Murry Salby, Rabett Run, Salby ratio, Stoat, Tom Curtis
94 Comments
Airborne fraction
Given the recent news that the rise in CO2 has greened the planet, I can see a new “skeptic” meme appearing. Essentially, I can see them arguing that both climate sensitivity is too high, and that nature will take up … Continue reading
Mass Balance
I once again managed to get involved in a discussion on Judith Curry’s blog about the rise in atmospheric CO2. This time was slightly better than it has been in the past, as most seemed to at least agree that … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, Global warming, Judith Curry, Science
Tagged atmospheric CO2, Climate etc., Dikran Marsupial, Henry's Law, Judith Curry, Mass balance
302 Comments
...and Then There's Physics 