Does CO2 really drive global warming?
Description
The Arctic Ocean Model, which was developed to account for the million year temperature oscillations, is explained in terms of the development and the shrinkage of the Arctic ice cap in the northern polar regions according to whether the Arctic Ocean is unfrozen and can supply moisture for the development of the ice cap which reflects the sun's radiation, or is frozen resulting in the shrinkage of the ice cap and the earth absorbing more of the sun's radiation and warming up (global warming). The changes in the direction of the temperature are discussed along with man's impact through fossil fuel combustion, and the identification of water and not carbon dioxide as the major absorbing gas in the atmosphere. The key evidence to support this theory is presented
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Energy and Environment (Brentwood)
- Journal Volume
- 12
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Journal Page Range
- p. 351-355
- ISSN
- 0958-305X
- CODEN
- EENVE2
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 33005125
- Subject category
- S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
- Descriptors DEI
- ARCTIC OCEAN; CARBON DIOXIDE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ICE CAPS; OSCILLATIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
- Descriptors DEC
- CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON OXIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; CLIMATIC CHANGE; ICE; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; SEAS; SURFACE WATERS