New Study Finds CO2 Is Merely A Climate ‘Spectator’, A Non-Factor In Explaining Paleoclimate Changes
By Kenneth Richard on 5. September 2024
“…sea surface temperature has been the primary determinant of baseline atmospheric P(CO2) across the entire Cenozoic” – Frank, 2024
A new study analyzes paleo atmospheric CO2 levels using the modern-day observation that oceans release more CO2 as they warm and less CO2 as they cool – a reference to Henry’s Law.
“…ambient CO2 is released or dissolved only after a positive or negative change in global mean ocean temperature.”
Application of Henry’s Law allows for the calculated interpretation that the reconstructed 100s of ppm (±200-800 ppm) CO2 variations over the last 66 million years (the Cenozoic), as well as throughout the last 420,000 years of ice core records, are driven or “primarily determined” by sea surface temperature (SST).
“Temperature-driven re-equilibration of carbon dioxide across the sea surface can explain the rise and fall of atmospheric P(CO2) throughout the 420 kYr glacial record of the VOSTOK ice core. The correspondence implies a glacial-interglacial global mean SST range of 11°C (280-291 K)…”
https://notrickszone.com/2024/09/05/new-study-finds-co2-is-merely-a-climate-spectator-a-non-factor-in-explaining-paleoclimate-changes/
