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The earth is not warming itself, WE are warming the earth
by superb_dev 2y ago
The earth is not warming itself, WE are warming the earth
- butterknife 2y agoWhy are WE distinct from Earth?
- bregma 2y agoWell, no. Primarily, the sun warms the surface of the Earth, and the Earth itself generates heat. What WE are doing is reducing the amount of heat radiated from the surface of the Earth until atmospheric expansions reaches a new equilibrium. In other words, we're affecting the radiative cooling equilibrium of the Earth. We are not heating it in any way.
- redleggedfrog 2y agoI take your point - admit it's a leaky abstraction.