Is there some kind of potent narcotic which induces this sort of thinking?
It’s an ill wind that blows no good.
Measurements have shown that the global-warming trend of the past several decades has slowed considerably since the year 2000.
Global warming is caused, in large part, by the greenhouse gases that we humans pour into the atmosphere every year, mainly carbon dioxide from smokestacks and automobile exhausts.
Sunshine goes through our planet’s atmosphere and warms the ground. The ground re-radiates much of this energy back into the atmosphere in infrared wavelengths. Some of this infrared energy is trapped in the atmosphere by carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, making the atmosphere warmer. Like a greenhouse.
This sort of climate change is nothing new in Earth’s history. Our world has gone through ice ages and periods when the global temperature was considerably warmer than it is today.
What is new is that human activities are adding to the natural causes of global warming. Our greenhouse gases are making the warming trend more intense.
Or, at least they were, until about the year 2000. What’s caused the slowdown in global warming?
In part, natural processes are responsible. The oceans that cover three-fifths of our planet’s surface are absorbing some of the heat. Volcanic eruptions spew dust particles into the air, and these particles reflect incoming sunlight, helping to reduce the warming trend.
But just as human activities have helped to exacerbate the warming, human activities are now helping to reduce it. Coal-burning power plants spew megatons of soot into the atmosphere, along with carbon dioxide. Like volcanic ash, these particles of soot reflect incoming solar energy back into space.
China is building new coal-fired power plants at the rate of one per month, and will continue to do so for many years to come. This is part of that nation’s drive to modernize its economy and bring electrical power to the billion or so people spread across China’s vast hinterland.In essence, Chinese and other nations’ coal-fired power plants are inadvertently producing a global parasol that shades us from some of the sun’s energy and helps to level off global warming.
It’s an ill wind that blows no good.
absolutely amazing….
Did you ever hear a 3 year old try to explain something that they have no idea about…..
From the explanation above about the greenhouse effect, CO2 acts as a 2 way mirror. It lets the infrared spectrum in, but it doesn’t let a certain percentage out, so the temperature keeps getting hotter?
Doesn’t ABSORPTION account for any of the heat trapped on the planet?
Let us just take long term weather variations out of the picture!
It seems the Ill Wind that blows no good is blowing through the writers empty head!
So he says that China burning coal has caused the temperature to level off.
So logically if we keep doing this the temperature will stay levelled off.
I wonder if he understands what he just said?