2001 Carbon Dioxide Cooling Radiation 
Real Climate
OCTOBER 12, 2021
What they showed are the distinct fingerprints of two kinds of forcing; increasing solar activity which warms all parts of the atmosphere, and carbon dioxide increases which warm the surface and troposphere, but cool the stratosphere and above. But let’s go back to the beginning. Gnanadesikan et al., 241-259, 1967.
HumanNature
MARCH 31, 2021
Direct Environmental Effects Did you know that black carbon is the second most important warming agent in our atmosphere behind carbon dioxide (CO 2 )? This is because of black carbon’s enhanced ability to absorb visible light; it actually absorbs nearly a million times more energy per unit mass than CO 2.
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