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A natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living
organisms.
https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/inventory-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-sinks
Ice core records allow us to generate continuous reconstructions of past climate, going back at
least 800,000 years[2]. By looking at past concentrations of greenhouse gasses in layers in ice
cores, scientists can calculate how modern amounts of carbon dioxide and methane compare to
those of the past, and, essentially, compare past concentrations of greenhouse gasses to
temperature. Ice coring has been around since the 1950s. Ice cores have been drilled in ice
sheets worldwide, but notably in Greenland and Antarctica. High rates of snow accumulation
provide excellent time resolution, and bubbles in the ice core preserve actual samples of the
world’s ancient atmosphere. Through analysis of ice cores, scientists learn about
glacial-interglacial cycles, changing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, and climate stability over
the last 10,000 years. Many ice cores have been drilled in Antarctica. Source:
http://www.antarcticglaciers.org/glaciers-and-climate/ice-cores/ice-core-basics/
What is climate?
The weather conditions prevailing in general or over a long period.
Greenhouse gases
● Methane
● Ozone
● Water vapor
● Sulfur hexafluoride
Do humans impact Global Warming?
YES
Simple chemistry – when we burn carbon-based materials,
carbon dioxide (CO2) is emitted.
1. Basic accounting of what we burn, and therefore how much
CO2 we emit.
2. Measuring CO2 in the atmosphere and trapped in ice to find
that it's increasing, with levels higher than anything we've seen
in hundreds of thousands of years.
3. Chemical analysis of the atmospheric CO2 that reveals the
increase is coming from burning fossil fuels.
4. Basic physics that shows us that CO2 absorbs heat.
5. Monitoring climate conditions to find that recent warming of
the Earth is correlated to and follows rising CO2 emissions.
6. Ruling out natural factors that can influence climate like the
sun and ocean cycles.
7. Employing computer models to run experiments of natural
versus human-influenced simulations of Earth.
Since 1750, the average amount of energy coming from the Sun either
remained constant or increased slightly.
If the warming were caused by a more active Sun, then scientists would
expect to see warmer temperatures in all layers of the atmosphere.
Instead, they have observed a cooling in the upper atmosphere, and a
warming at the surface and in the lower parts of the atmosphere. That's
because greenhouse gases are trapping heat in the lower atmosphere.
Source: https://climate.nasa.gov/causes/
An ice core is a core sample that is typically removed from an ice sheet
or a high mountain glacier. Google
NO
Since 1850, almost all the long-term warming can be explained by greenhouse gas
emissions and other human activities.
If greenhouse gas emissions alone were warming the planet, we would expect to see
about a third more warming than has actually occurred. They are offset by cooling from
human-produced atmospheric aerosols.
Aerosols are projected to decline significantly by 2100, bringing total warming from all
factors closer to warming from greenhouse gases alone.
Natural variability in the Earth’s climate is unlikely to play a major role in long-term
warming.
Source:
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-why-scientists-think-100-of-global-warming-is-due-
to-humans