October 23, 2023
The following statement is the first sentence in the Abstract from the 1956 paper by Gilbert Plass "The Carbon Dioxide Theory of Climatic Change”
The initial point lays out the Effective Climate Sensitivity (ECS), "provided that no other factors change which influence the radiation balance.”
Comments are welcome.
"The most recent calculations of the infra-red flux in the region of the 15 micron CO2 band show that the average surface temperature of the earth increases 3.6° C if the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere is doubled and decreases 3.8° C if the CO2 amount is halved, provided that no other factors change which influence the radiation balance.”
The Carbon Dioxide Theory of Climatic Change
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Tim adds:
The weasel words in the end "if no other factors change". We know other factors change. Shoot; if the planet's temperature rises it means more water vapor in the air. How does that affect climate? Does that make more cloud cover to cool the planet or does it increase warming? The whole point is the Earth's atmosphere is very complex and dynamic and to narrow it down to just CO2 is silly.dds:
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