A Previously Underappreciated Impact On Global Warming Caused By The Geometrical And Physical Properties Of Desert Sand

• Main Authors: Y. F. Yang, B. T. Wang, J. J. Fan, J. Yin
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: global warming; desert sand; extended surface; heat exchange; thermodynamics; Lorius; Persson; EPICA; ice core
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1082095; https://zenodo.org/record/1082095

The previous researches focused on the influence of anthropogenic greenhouse gases exerting global warming, but not consider whether desert sand may warm the planet, this could be improved by accounting for sand's physical and geometric properties. Here we show, sand particles (because of their...