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Reconsideration of Climate Change from the Viewpoints of Greenhouse Gas Types and Time Scale

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  • Ryunosuke Kikuchi

    (Departamento de Ciência Exactas e do Ambiente, ESAC, Bencanta, 3040-316 Coimbra, Portugal)

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When the Earth's surface warms and emits long-wave infrared (IR) radiation, IR active gases (e.g. CO 2 , CH 4 , etc.) effectively absorb it; CO 2 is therefore one of the major challenges facing the climate research community. However, in Europe recent radiation measurement over about a decade shows that rapid temperature increase is mainly (∼65%) caused by water vapor. The following points are established through the main discussion: (i) there are a number of factors causing climate change (e.g. astronomical factors), that is, CO 2 is just one of various climate drivers; (ii) the coupling complexity of CO 2 with climate is enhanced by the time-scale extension; and (iii) this complexity involves various climate drivers with different cycles and magnitudes. The Earth's atmosphere has evolved over the last 4.5 billion years and still continues to evolve; thus, climate variability must be inevitable and complex. Future climate change may be drawn from the newly emerging discipline of complexity science.

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  • Ryunosuke Kikuchi, 2008. "Reconsideration of Climate Change from the Viewpoints of Greenhouse Gas Types and Time Scale," Energy & Environment, , vol. 19(5), pages 691-705, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:engenv:v:19:y:2008:i:5:p:691-705
    DOI: 10.1260/095830508784815946
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    Climate drivers; complexity; CO2; geologic record; orbital; vapor;
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