{"id":415283,"date":"2025-11-29T21:19:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T20:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=415283"},"modified":"2025-11-29T21:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T20:19:15","slug":"evidence-of-climate-thermoregulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=415283","title":{"rendered":"Evidence Of Climate Thermoregulation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guest Post by\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Willis Eschenbach<\/a> (@weschenbach on X, my blog at \u201cSkating Under The Ice<\/a>\u201c)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you have a block of steel and you put it outside in the sun, then ceteris paribus, the more sunshine it is absorbing on a constant basis, the warmer it becomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, with the Earth\u2019s climate, things are never that simple. In parts of the world, the more radiation the surface receives, the cooler it becomes. Counterintuitive, I know, but facts is facts. Figure 1 shows where that is happening.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Figure 1. Correlation of surface absorption of all radiation (shortwave and longwave) with surface temperature.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Over most of the world, the correlation is positive, meaning that when absorbed radiation goes up, the surface temperature goes up, just as happens with a block of steel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the outlined blue areas show a negative correlation between temperature and absorbed radiation. In those areas, when total radiation increases, the temperature actually goes down<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Say what? How does this happen?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It happens because the blue areas mark the \u201cIntertropical Convergence Zone\u201d (ITCZ). This the the home to thousands and thousands of thunderstorms. These thunderstorms are mobile refrigeration systems operating on the exact same principle as your home refrigerator, as described below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Air Conditioning Nairobi, Refrigerating The Planet<\/a><\/blockquote>