Thursday, 7 March 2019

What does tthe IPCC leave out of the equations?


HOW MUCH WARMING IS THERE NOW?

Sam Carana, via Facebook

According to NOAA's calculations, we're currently at 500 CO₂e. NOAA adds: 

"Because we seek an index that is accurate, only direct forcing from these gases has been included. Model-dependent feedbacks, for example, due to water vapor and ozone depletion, are not included. Other spatially heterogeneous, short-lived, climate forcing agents, such as aerosols and tropospheric ozone, have uncertain global magnitudes and also are not included here to maintain accuracy."


How much warming do you think there is, when including all feedbacks, indirect effects and further warming elements?

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NOAA includes 5 major gases (CO₂, CH₄, N₂O, CFC-12 and CFC-11) and 15 halogenated gases (CFC-113, CCl₄, CH₃CCl₃, HCFCs 22, 141b and 142b, HFCs 134a, 152a, 23, 143a, and 125, SF₆, and halons 1211, 1301 and 2402). 

The figure of 500 CO₂e is arrived at when taking NOAA's column for total CO₂e in Table 2, which goes up to 2017, and extending this by means of a linear trend, as in attached image.

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