{"id":191565,"date":"2022-03-14T17:15:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T16:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=191565"},"modified":"2022-03-14T17:15:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T16:15:54","slug":"new-study-the-co2-drives-global-warming-concept-is-obsolete-and-incorrect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=191565","title":{"rendered":"New Study: The CO2-Drives-Global-Warming \u2018Concept\u2019 Is \u2018Obsolete and Incorrect\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cThe IPCC concept that increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere causes global warming is three decades out-of-date.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u2212 Lightfoot and Ratzer (2022),\u00a0Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences<\/mark><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In analyzing UAH global temperature and Mauna Loa CO2 records from 1979 to 2021, climate researchers Lightfoot and Ratzer (2022)<\/a><\/strong> report there has been \u201clittle, if any\u201d correlation between these two variables during this period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They assert that between 91 and 98% of Earth\u2019s greenhouse gas effect is from water vapor, as CO2 and other trace gases contribute less than 5% to greenhouse gas forcing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A solar minimum has just began in the current solar cycle 25. The declining solar output is projected to eventually lead to a ~1 to 1.2\u00b0C cooling over the next 30 to 40 years. Solar minimum periods are also accompanied by crop failures due to frost and weather extremes delivering excessive heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The authors conclude by suggesting the popularized conceptualization of CO2 as a driver of global warming has proven to be \u201cobsolete and incorrect\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Image Source:\u00a0Lightfoot and Ratzer, 2022<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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