How Do Greenhouse Gases Actually Work?
#GreenhouseEffect
From 2003 - the invention of #climatechange
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2003/mar/04/usnews.climatechange
'The phrase "global warming" should be abandoned in favour of "climate change", Mr Luntz says, and the [Republican] party should describe its policies as "conservationist" instead of "environmentalist", because "most people" think environmentalists are "extremists" who indulge in "some pretty bizarre behaviour... that turns off many voters".'
#environment #GlobalWarming #GlobalHeating #GreenhouseEffect #uspol #politics #USA
On August 23, 1856, history should have been made. In a packed hall at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), a groundbreaking paper was presented—one that identified the greenhouse effect three years before John Tyndall.
But there was a catch: the scientist behind the discovery, Eunice Newton Foote, was a woman. And history erased her.
From The Climate Historian
Don't burn coal,
if you live in a greenhouse.
#GHG #GreenHouseGas #coal #emissions #co2 #GreenHouseEffect #sayings #proverb #proverbs #adage #wisdom #WordsOfWisdom #FoodForThought #FossilFuels #FossilFools
The world is on track for between 1.9 and 3.7°C of warming by 2100
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2465472-the-world-is-on-track-for-between-1-9-and-3-7c-of-warming-by-2100/
#climatechange #climatecollapse #greenhouseeffect #extinctionrisk #anthropogenicclimatechange #stopai #extinction #globaltemperature
The goal of the Paris Agreement was to keep temperature increase below 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels. We already failed.
sciencenews.org/article/2024-e…
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming
#GreenhouseEffect #GreenhousGas
#ParisAgreement
All four answers are at least slightly true, but only (b) captures the most important aspect of how GHGs work. Greenhouse gases absorb and then re-emit electromagnetic radiation at specific wavelengths, particularly in the infrared spectrum. This slows the rate at which outgoing infrared radiation travels upwards from the earth's surface. For the other answers:
(a) It's not correct to say it's "trapped" in the lower atmosphere, in any but the most vague sense - the heat still flows upwards, just more slowly.
(c) GHGs *can* absorb some of the sun's energy (at specific wavelengths), but that's tiny compared to the effect on outgoing long wave radiation.
(d) GHGs do store energy when their bonds vibrate, but so do all molecules. That's how temperature works.
#ClimateChange #GreenhouseEffect #Science
#CarbonMapper tiene como misión impulsar la reducción de las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero haciendo que los datos sobre metano y dióxido de carbono sean accesibles y procesables.
Para ello se nutre de datos de #OpenStreetMap
https://data.carbonmapper.org/
#ClimateWarning #GreenHouseEffect #Environment
#climatechange #climate #pollution #cop29 #greenhousegases #globalwarmimg #greenhouseeffect
This is totally ridiculous. Like frogs in a pan of boiling water arguing over who should turn the heat down.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8jykpdgr08t
Earth Is Heating Up at The Fastest Rate Ever Recorded, Evidence Suggests : ScienceAlert…
In September 1933, American meteorologist Joseph Kincer asked a simple question: is the climate changing? So began the effort to understand the scope of humanity's interference with the climate... Science Alert #climatechange #globalwarming #environment #carbondioxide #greenhouseeffect
As the article says, shocking but unsurprising… I wonder if the BBC will give any coverage to @ExtinctionR ‘s efforts in London over the next three days?
World way off target in tackling climate change - UN https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8yyle2eq2o
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #GreenhouseEffect
#climatechange #environment #earth #climatecrisis #green #greenpeace #greenenergy #pollution #renewables #greenhouseeffect #energy #wwf #wildlife #animals #plants #life #tv #advertisement #tvad #worldwildlifefund
I repost this every so often, as it’s so powerful and seriously makes you think. It’s probably the hardest hitting TV commercial I’ve ever seen, with a cool clinical voiceover by Jonathan Price.
All credit to the WWF for this masterpiece.
Why #Earth is Getting #Warmer: The #GreenhouseEffect Explained
https://scitechdaily.com/why-earth-is-getting-warmer-the-greenhouse-effect-explained/
"Reservoir-induced radiative forcing continues to rise due to ongoing increases in reservoir methane emissions, which accounted for 5.2% of global anthropogenic methane emissions in 2020."
Locked paper, 2022: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-022-01004-2 🧵
#footprint #CH4 #GHG #globalWarming #fossilFuels #livestock #waste #naturalGas #coal #mining #research #climateCrisis #methane #emissions #electricity #water #reservoirs #GreenhouseEffect #globalHeating #climateBreakdown
#Methane emissions rising
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-pollution-stanford-university-paris-india-b2610008.html
'In the last 20 years, methane emissions from coal mining, oil and gas have jumped 33%, while landfill and waste increased 20% and agriculture emissions rose 14%...'
Jackson: 'rise in natural methane from tropical wetlands was triggered by warmer temperatures that caused microbes to spew more gas. He called it disturbing because “we don't have any way of reducing” those emissions.'
#GreenhouseEffect #ClimateChange #GlobalHeating #environment
"[T]his spring, a team led by Robin Wordsworth of Harvard University figured out why the CO2 molecule is so good at trapping heat in the first place. The researchers identified a strange quirk of the molecule’s quantum structure that explains why it’s such a powerful greenhouse gas — and why pumping more carbon into the sky drives climate change."
#GreenhouseEffect #Physics #GlobalWarming #CO2 #QuantumPhysics
'UK off track for Net Zero, say country’s climate advisors'
https://www.theccc.org.uk/2024/07/18/uk-off-track-for-net-zero-say-countrys-climate-advisors/
'The Climate Change Committee’s assessment is that only a third of the emissions reductions required to achieve the country’s 2030 target are currently covered by credible plans. Our 2030 target is the first one set in line with a Net Zero trajectory.'
#climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #GreenhouseEffect #GlobalHeating #environment #UK
From 2023: "Fast fashion retailer Zalando claims its returns are ‘climate neutral’. Is it true?"
"Zalando’s 2021 #CO2 equivalent emissions were more than twice as much as all of #Iceland.
Europe's largest online #fashion retailer #Zalando promises a sustainable approach to returns. But the company is deceiving customers, a new investigation reveals."
#environment #FastFashion #GreenhouseEffect #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #GlobalHeating #clothing #climate
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The stakes are far higher.
#ClimateBreakdown is with us. We can see the impact in every country.
If you went to school in the ‘80’s onwards you learnt about the #GreenhouseEffect.
But it is only in the past 2 decades that there has been a focus on STEM subjects.
It is the older generation who are betraying their children with their lack of understanding. I don’t blame them, but I do blame the right-wing media and successive governments that kept state educated children subordinate.
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