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I'd be interested in reading more. It seems counter-intuitive -- the emissions that are already in the atmosphere would still be doing any reflection that they
by SamBam 7y ago
I'd be interested in reading more. It seems counter-intuitive -- the emissions that are already in the atmosphere would still be doing any reflection that they are currently doing.
And whatever shielding they're doing, the net effect of every ton of CO2 is in the direction of more warming.
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- sp332 7y agoThey're on different timescales. The aerosols will come out of the atmosphere relatively quickly, causing rapid warming.
- nixpulvis 7y agoMy understanding is that, while you are correct that these emissions are already in the air, they filter themselves out over time, so it's about rates of production vs rates of dismission (for lack of a better word). If we stop all emissions today, the sky will quite literally start clearing up, and thus warming the Earth even more. Not trying to be too sensationalist, but I believe this is the truth.
- nixpulvis 7y agoHere's the original article I was recalling: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6427/eaav0566/tab-pdf https://science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6427/eaav0566/tab...
- lutorm 7y agoThe IPCC working group 1 summary talks about the physical effects, that's a pretty good primary source if you want a lot of detail and tons of references to trace down.