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Role of atmospheric carbon dioxide in climate change

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  • Martin Hertzberg
  • Hans Schreuder

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The authors evaluate the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) consensus that the increase of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere is of anthropogenic origin and is causing dangerous global warming, climate change and climate disruption. The totality of the data available on which that theory is based is evaluated. The data include: (a) Vostok ice-core measurements; (b) accumulation of CO 2 in the atmosphere; (c) studies of temperature changes that precede CO 2 changes; (d) global temperature trends; (e) current ratio of carbon isotopes in the atmosphere; (f) satellite data for the geographic distribution of atmospheric CO 2 ; (g) effect of solar activity on cosmic rays and cloud cover. Nothing in the data supports the supposition that atmospheric CO 2 is a driver of weather or climate, or that human emissions control atmospheric CO 2 .

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  • Martin Hertzberg & Hans Schreuder, 2016. "Role of atmospheric carbon dioxide in climate change," Energy & Environment, , vol. 27(6-7), pages 785-797, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:engenv:v:27:y:2016:i:6-7:p:785-797
    DOI: 10.1177/0958305X16674637
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