Climate change shock: Burning fossil fuels 'COOLS planet', says NASA
BURNING fossil fuels and cutting down trees causes global COOLING, a shock new NASA study has found.
By JON AUSTIN
13:07, Mon, Dec 21, 2015 | UPDATED: 17:00, Mon, Dec 21, 2015
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Fossil fuel burning gives of aerosols which reflect sunlight
Major theories about what causes temperatures to rise have been thrown into doubt after
Environmentalists have long argued the burning of fossil fuels in power stations and for other uses is responsible for global warming and predicted temperature increases because of the high levels of carbon dioxide produced - which causes the global greenhouse effect.
While the findings did not dispute the effects of carbon dioxide on global warming, they found aerosols - also given off by burning fossil fuels - actually cool the local environment, at least temporarily.
The research was carried out to see if current climate change models for calculating future temperatures were taking into account all factors and were accurate.
[They are not accurate and do not take all factors into account]
A NASA spokesman said: "To quantify climate change, researchers need to know the Transient Climate Response (TCR) and Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity (ECS) of Earth.
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On December 7, NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of eastern China being inundated by smog
BURNING fossil fuels and cutting down trees causes global COOLING, a shock new NASA study has found.
By JON AUSTIN
13:07, Mon, Dec 21, 2015 | UPDATED: 17:00, Mon, Dec 21, 2015
Fossil fuel burning gives of aerosols which reflect sunlight
Major theories about what causes temperatures to rise have been thrown into doubt after
NASA found the Earth has cooled
in areas of heavy industrialization
where more trees have been lost
and more fossil fuel burning takes place.
in areas of heavy industrialization
where more trees have been lost
and more fossil fuel burning takes place.
Environmentalists have long argued the burning of fossil fuels in power stations and for other uses is responsible for global warming and predicted temperature increases because of the high levels of carbon dioxide produced - which causes the global greenhouse effect.
While the findings did not dispute the effects of carbon dioxide on global warming, they found aerosols - also given off by burning fossil fuels - actually cool the local environment, at least temporarily.
The research was carried out to see if current climate change models for calculating future temperatures were taking into account all factors and were accurate.
[They are not accurate and do not take all factors into account]
A NASA spokesman said: "To quantify climate change, researchers need to know the Transient Climate Response (TCR) and Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity (ECS) of Earth.
On December 7, NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of eastern China being inundated by smog
