{"id":252370,"date":"2023-04-11T16:34:25","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T14:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=252370"},"modified":"2023-04-11T16:34:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T14:34:27","slug":"earths-greenhouse-effect-has-not-been-enhanced-but-instead-its-impact-has-declined-since-1983","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=252370","title":{"rendered":"Earth\u2019s Greenhouse Effect Has Not Been Enhanced, But Instead Its Impact Has Declined Since 1983"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By\u00a0Kenneth Richard<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/em>10. April 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the satellite era scientists have continued to observe the Earth\u2019s total greenhouse effect (which includes effects from greenhouse gases and clouds) exerting an overall negative impact (cooling) on surface temperatures since the 1980s. This rules out both CO2 and an enhanced greenhouse effect as drivers of global warming.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Earth\u2019s total greenhouse effect impact on climate is realized by the sum of all contributors to it: water vapor, clouds, and the \u201canthropogenic\u201d greenhouse gases CO2 and CH4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given the modern assumption that humans are responsible for global warming due especially to our CO2 and CH4 emissions, it stands to reason that Earth\u2019s downwelling longwave (LWdn) should be increasing and thus the Earth\u2019s greenhouse effect should be enhanced due to the rising greenhouse gases emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, as Cess and Udelhofen (2003<\/a><\/strong>) reported 20 years ago, Earth\u2019s greenhouse effect has not been enhanced in recent decades. Instead, it has been in a state of decline since the 1980s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c[T]he negative trend in G [greenhouse effect] indicates that the atmospheric greenhouse effect is temporarily [1985-1999] decreasing despite the fact that greenhouse gasses are increasing.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n
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Image Source:\u00a0Cess and Udelhofen, 2003<\/a><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

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