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Is it enough to offset anthropogenic climate change?
by mseepgood 6y ago
Is it enough to offset anthropogenic climate change?
- adrianN 6y agoSolar cycles are much shorter than the time CO2 stays in the atmosphere.
- freemint 6y agoNo, even if the paper's results can be accepted without qualifications. (I think they need huge qualifications.) This effect might at best delay climate effects and we are going to see more extreme climate effects after that period due to the inaction allowed by this pause.
- samus 6y agoI wouldn't count on it. The article presents two minimums in the 21st century, separated by a short revert to normal. It seems that's all we get - the next series of solar minima is gonna be in the 24th century. So we have 33 years to recover CO2 and fix some other environmental messes: there are plenty that can ruin human civilization by themselves.
- Arech 6y agoIt doesn't matter much at best case, because even if the conclusion is correct, there's always a maximum of activity after a minimum. Which means that it'll amplify the anthropogenic CC... At worst case, if the conclusion is indeed correct, I'd expect that nobody will do anything to counteract the ACC a few decades more which is a nice recipe for a real disaster we'll throw on our children.