Earth's Energy Imbalance: Confirmation and Implications
Our climate model, driven mainly by increasing human-made greenhouse gases and aerosols, among other forcings, calculates that Earth is now absorbing 0.85 ± 0.15 watts per square meter more energy from the Sun than it is emitting to space. This imbalance is confirmed by precise measurements of incre...
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craaas:10.1126/science.1110252 2024-09-30T14:36:38+00:00 Earth's Energy Imbalance: Confirmation and Implications Hansen, James Nazarenko, Larissa Ruedy, Reto Sato, Makiko Willis, Josh Del Genio, Anthony Koch, Dorothy Lacis, Andrew Lo, Ken Menon, Surabi Novakov, Tica Perlwitz, Judith Russell, Gary Schmidt, Gavin A. Tausnev, Nicholas 2005 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1110252 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1110252 en eng American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science volume 308, issue 5727, page 1431-1435 ISSN 0036-8075 1095-9203 journal-article 2005 craaas https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1110252 2024-09-19T04:01:15Z Our climate model, driven mainly by increasing human-made greenhouse gases and aerosols, among other forcings, calculates that Earth is now absorbing 0.85 ± 0.15 watts per square meter more energy from the Sun than it is emitting to space. This imbalance is confirmed by precise measurements of increasing ocean heat content over the past 10 years. Implications include (i) the expectation of additional global warming of about 0.6°C without further change of atmospheric composition; (ii) the confirmation of the climate system's lag in responding to forcings, implying the need for anticipatory actions to avoid any specified level of climate change; and (iii) the likelihood of acceleration of ice sheet disintegration and sea level rise. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet AAAS Resource Center (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Science 308 5727 1431 1435 |
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Our climate model, driven mainly by increasing human-made greenhouse gases and aerosols, among other forcings, calculates that Earth is now absorbing 0.85 ± 0.15 watts per square meter more energy from the Sun than it is emitting to space. This imbalance is confirmed by precise measurements of increasing ocean heat content over the past 10 years. Implications include (i) the expectation of additional global warming of about 0.6°C without further change of atmospheric composition; (ii) the confirmation of the climate system's lag in responding to forcings, implying the need for anticipatory actions to avoid any specified level of climate change; and (iii) the likelihood of acceleration of ice sheet disintegration and sea level rise. |
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Hansen, James Nazarenko, Larissa Ruedy, Reto Sato, Makiko Willis, Josh Del Genio, Anthony Koch, Dorothy Lacis, Andrew Lo, Ken Menon, Surabi Novakov, Tica Perlwitz, Judith Russell, Gary Schmidt, Gavin A. Tausnev, Nicholas |
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Hansen, James Nazarenko, Larissa Ruedy, Reto Sato, Makiko Willis, Josh Del Genio, Anthony Koch, Dorothy Lacis, Andrew Lo, Ken Menon, Surabi Novakov, Tica Perlwitz, Judith Russell, Gary Schmidt, Gavin A. Tausnev, Nicholas Earth's Energy Imbalance: Confirmation and Implications |
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Hansen, James Nazarenko, Larissa Ruedy, Reto Sato, Makiko Willis, Josh Del Genio, Anthony Koch, Dorothy Lacis, Andrew Lo, Ken Menon, Surabi Novakov, Tica Perlwitz, Judith Russell, Gary Schmidt, Gavin A. Tausnev, Nicholas |
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Earth's Energy Imbalance: Confirmation and Implications |
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Earth's Energy Imbalance: Confirmation and Implications |
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