Feedback between Carbon Dioxide and Temperature in the Atmosphere
- 1 Department of Electronic Engineering and Informatics, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the Algarve, FCT-DEEI, Faro, Portugal
- 2 Ossónoba Philosophical Society, Faro, Portugal
Abstract
The feedback between carbon dioxide, CO 2 , and the temperature of the atmosphere is analyzed. Starting with the assumption that the average temperature is a function of the carbon-dioxide concentration in the atmosphere, [CO 2 ], the so-called greenhouse effect, feedback is introduced into the system: increased temperature can further increase the CO 2 concentration that causes the temperature rise in so-called positive feedback. On the basis of the available data, it is argued that this cannot be the case; the feedback must be negative at the moment. Moreover, the observed correlation between [CO 2 ] and temperature varies across different time scales, suggesting different processes are at work. It is not possible to explain all the data with a single phenomenon like the greenhouse effect, even when feedback is included.
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