Global Warming Slowed By 1/4 By "Greening Effect" Study Finds

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https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/146296/global-green-up-slows-warming

 

Earth has so far warmed up by about 1C since industrial revolution but a study finds warming would have been an additional 0.2C to 0.25C (or 20% to 25% higher) if it wasnt for an effect known as "Greening" which results in a slight offsetting factor tho no where enough to offset the entire warming

 

 

2 factors of climate result in greening which is stronger plant growth and a larger area of earths surface covered in green vegetation

 

Increased CO2 atmospheric levels provide more fertilization for plants in their photosynthesis process resulting in stronger plant growth...

 

The 2nd factor is more plant growth and longer growing season in higher latitudes which have a shortned winter

 

The "Greening" effect has been tracked since the 1980s and expected to continue into the future. 

 

Although it will continue to offset global warming to some degree, it is a modest help as the warming temperate and higher CO2 concentrations required for a certain amount of greening vs the cooling effect that greening has occurs at a ratio of 4:1 or less

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This map shows greeaning from 2000 to 2018

This 2nd map shows areas where greening is expected in the future

 

Note that in India and China re-forestation efforts and more agriculture were noted for partially explaining large increases there

 

In Brazil where a lot of the amazons have been cut you can see some negative growth

[PunkTheFunk 125,704]

So instead of being shot with 10 bullets we are only going to be shot with 8. 

[Economy 52,861]

2 minutes ago, PunkTheFunk said:

So instead of being shot with 10 bullets we are only going to be shot with 8. 

Basically

 

The right ratio is 10 instead of 12 if u make each 0.1C a bullet 

[INNA 3,788]

One of the first times I saw .gov and thought “hmmmmm trustworthy?”

[PartySick 172,545]

I'm cautiously optimistic about the future. Environmental efforts are picking up steam. Idk if it'll be enough to avert total catastrophe but...fingers crossed

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1 minute ago, PartySick said:

I'm cautiously optimistic about the future. Environmental efforts are picking up steam. Idk if it'll be enough to avert total catastrophe but...fingers crossed

look at the new climate change thread 

[TimisaMonster 31,073]

I thought they said we're already past the point of no return...

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29 minutes ago, HausOfARTPOPII said:

look at the new climate change thread 

I don't wanna

[Wet Fire 8,366]

It means humanity gets more time to suffer on this planet 

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31 minutes ago, Wet Fire said:

It means humanity gets more time to suffer on this planet 

Not really. The warming we have had and are forecast to have has occured and will occur with this factored in already so it literally changes no projections 

 

I just found this effect interesting tho

1 hour ago, TimisaMonster said:

I thought they said we're already past the point of no return...

I thought we had 12 years for ecological collapse or whatnot. Were past the point of no return for what?

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39 minutes ago, Economy said:

Not really. The warming we have had and are forecast to have has occured and will occur with this factored in already so it literally changes no projections 

 

I just found this effect interesting tho

I thought we had 12 years for ecological collapse or whatnot. Were past the point of no return for what?

Trying to prevent global warming 

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6 hours ago, TimisaMonster said:

Trying to prevent global warming 

Oh yeah but i thought we been knew that for a while tho. Between the carbon accumulated in atmosphere and the feedbackloops hasnt it been known for time earth would still continue to warm up for a while on its own?

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11 hours ago, good said:

One of the first times I saw .gov and thought “hmmmmm trustworthy?”

Theres many articles on this topic and this isnt some attempt by some group to downplay global warming either

 

The warming weve experienced so far happened despite this offset and the study itself says so, so it doesnt really change anything for what has happened or whats projected to happen. It simply means it woulda been even higher without this effect

 

I posted it cuz i just found it interesting