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"You might think that climate change is causing temperatures to rise. However,
a recent study has shown this isn’t the case. You see, the increased levels of
carbon dioxide generated by humanity's rampant use of fossil fuels, is causing
the upper layers of our atmosphere to rapidly cool. This might sound like a
good thing, but in actuality, it will cause some catastrophically adverse
knock-on effects, from deadly extreme weather, to eroding the Earth’s life —
protecting ozone layer and even potentially destroying satellites. But how is
carbon dioxide cooling the upper atmosphere? How does a cooler upper atmosphere
cause these destructive side effects? And is there anything we can do to stop
this?
Climate scientists suspected for decades that the upper atmosphere would cool
as carbon dioxide levels rose, and climate change started to bite, as their
climate models suggested it would. However, only recently have scientists been
able to take regular systemic measurements of the temperatures of the upper
atmosphere. A recent study used detailed measurements from satellites to show
that, indeed, the upper atmosphere is cooling. This is yet another bit of
evidence that those climate models are accurate, which is worrying as they also
predict massive amounts of climate change.
But how does carbon dioxide cool the upper atmosphere?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
