A new study led by Yale University geologists has suggested that the kinds of increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) taking place today could have a significantly
A new study led by Yale University geologists has suggested that the kinds of increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) taking place today could have a significantly larger effect on global temperatures than previously thought.
The team demonstrated that only a relatively small rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) was associated with a period of substantial warming in the mid- and early-Pliocene era, between three to five million years ago, when temperatures were approximately 3 to 4 degrees Celsius warmer than they are today.
Arctic Facing More Rapid Temperature Rise Than Other Places
In a new research, scientists have determined that temperature change in the Arctic is happening at a greater rate than other places in the Northern Hemisphere.
In a new research, scientists have determined that temperature change in the Arctic is happening at a greater rate than other places in the Northern Hemisphere.
"These models take into account only relatively fast feedbacks, such as changes in atmospheric water vapor and the distribution of sea ice, clouds and aerosols," said Mark Pagani, associate professor of geology and geophysics at Yale and lead author of the study.
"We wanted to look at Earth-system climate sensitivity, which includes the effects of long-term feedbacks such as change in continental ice-sheets, terrestrial ecosystems and greenhouse gases other than CO2," he added.
Scientists Predict Indian Temperature Rise Will Pip Projected Rainfall Figures
Scientists have determined that the estimated temperature rise in India will far exceed the increase in projected rainfall by the end of the century.
Scientists have determined that the estimated temperature rise in India will far exceed the increase in projected rainfall by the end of the century.
Their reconstructed CO2 concentrations for the past five million years was used to estimate Earth-system climate sensitivity for a fully equilibrated state of the planet, and found that a relatively small rise in CO2 levels was associated with substantial global warming 4.5 million years ago.
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Climate Change All Set To Cause Massive Inequalities
A new report has suggested that climate change is bound to drive a wedge between the rich and the poor if communities didn't act quickly.
A new report has suggested that climate change is bound to drive a wedge between the rich and the poor if communities didn't act quickly.
"This work and other ancient climate reconstructions reveal that Earth's climate is more sensitive to atmospheric carbon dioxide than is discussed in policy circles," Pagani said.
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Climate Change Ain�t No Farce: What Scientists Believe
Frigid environmental conditions in many North American and European regions might have been seen as contradictory to the suggestion that global warming continues unabated, but a new
Frigid environmental conditions in many North American and European regions might have been seen as contradictory to the suggestion that global warming continues unabated, but a new
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