Temperature Dependent CO2 Sink model
by In the simple model of CO2 sinks and natural emissions published in this blog and elsewhere, the question repeatedly arose in the discussion: How is …
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The inflection point of CO2 concentration
And rising and rising…? At first glance, the atmospheric CO2 concentration is constantly rising, as shown by the annual mean values measured at Maona Loa …
Invariance of natural CO2 sources and sinks regarding long time temperatur trend
In the simple model of CO2 sinks and natural emissions published in this blog and elsewhere, the question repeatedly arose in the discussion: How is …
How much CO2 will remain in the atmosphere?
There are two parts of the climate discussion: The sensitivity of the temperature w.r.t. the atmospheric $CO_2$ content The amount of $CO_2$ in the atmosphere …
Carbon foot print of Photovoltaic Power Generation – a reality check
Solar energy is considered to be emitting no $CO_2$, the true solution to the desire to build a carbon free energy supply. This directs the …
Climate Sensitivity
The central question of the whole climate discussion revolves around a single issue: how does the climate, in particular the world average temperature, change if …
Cloud and Water climate feedback
One key question in the climate discussion is whether the atmospheric water vapor and the clouds provide a net positive or negative feedback: When the …
A trap for fools
When facing a climate of climate alarmism, the question is how to deal with it. The problem of the subject is, that it is complex …
Recent albedo change and climate sensitivity
The climate discussion is overwhelmingly dominated by the discussion about the influence of $CO_2$, which according the radiation transport equations describing the outgoing infrared radiation …
Lapse Rate made simple
Atmospheric temperature varies with height. This well known and well understood phenomenon is called lapse rate. It describes the altitudinal temperature gradient, essentially stating that …