File:Energy Imbalance, Climate Change - Aug 1 2021.png
Original file (640 × 672 pixels, file size: 394 KB, MIME type: image/png)
Earth's energy imbalance removes almost all doubt from human-made climate change
Clear evidence of a human-influenced climate system.
Stability in Earth's climate hinges on a delicate balance between the amount of energy the planet absorbs from the sun and the amount of energy Earth emits back into space. But that equilibrium has been thrown off in recent years — and the imbalance is growing, according to a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature Communications.
The researchers used satellite observations from 2001 to 2020 to determine that Earth's energy imbalance is growing. They then used a series of climate models to simulate the effects on Earth's energy system if human-caused climate change was taken out of the equation.
The changes to Earth's energy system have major ramifications for the planet's future climate and humanity's understanding of climate change. The Princeton University researchers behind the paper found that there's a less than 1 percent probability that the changes occurred naturally.
The findings undercut a key argument used by people who do not believe human activity is responsible for the bulk of climate change to explain trends in global warming, demonstrating that the planet's energy imbalance cannot be explained just by Earth's own natural variations.
○
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 17:40, 1 August 2021 | 640 × 672 (394 KB) | Siterunner (talk | contribs) |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage
- Anthropocene
- Arctic
- Atmospheric Science
- Citizen Science
- City Governments
- Climate Change
- Climate Migration
- Climate Policy
- County Governments
- Desertification
- Digital Citizen
- Earth Imaging
- Earth Observations
- Earth360
- Earth Science
- Earth Science from Space
- Earth System Science
- Ecology Studies
- Eco-nomics
- Education
- Energy
- Environmental Laws
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Security
- Environmental Security, National Security
- ESA
- European Union
- Externalities
- Extinction
- Food
- Forests
- Fossil Fuels
- Greenland
- Global Security
- Global Warming
- Green Graphics
- Green Networking
- Green Best Practices
- Green Politics
- Health
- INDC
- ISS
- Maps
- NASA
- NOAA
- Natural Resources
- Networking
- New Definitions of National Security
- New Economy
- New Space
- Oceans
- Ocean Science
- Online Education
- Planet Citizen
- Planet Citizens
- Planet Citizens, Planet Scientists
- Rainforest
- Renewable Energy
- Resilience
- Sea-level Rise
- Sea-Level Rise & Mitigation
- Seventh Generation Sustainability
- Soil
- Solar Energy
- Strategic Demands
- Sustainability Policies
- Threat Multiplier
- United Nations
- US Environmental Protection Agency
- Whole Earth
- Wind Energy
- World Bank
- World Wide Web
- Youth