![\\"logo\\"](\\"/img/logo-dpa-factchecking.svg\\"/) * WhatsApp service * About Us ![\\"IFCN](\\"/img/ifcn-certificate.png\\"/) ![\\"EFCSN](\\"/img/efcsn- certificate.png\\"/) # More CO2 certainly increases the greenhouse effect - saturation theory for a long time refuted November 25, 2020, 10:20 a.m. (CET) Climate change – nothing but a natural process? All warnings ahead global warming nothing but hysteria? There is one circulating on the internet Publication supporting this theory (archived here). After that want Two researchers have proven that further global warming is physical is impossible. The reason: the atmosphere is “saturated”. One more Climate gases therefore no longer have a warming influence. This will happen on the internet Result translated as follows: “We can use coal, gas and oil as we please burn, because the effect of additional CO2 molecules is on global warming almost no longer exists." RATING: False. The assumption is based on a long-known error in reasoning. Although certain areas of the atmosphere are already saturated, others are However, the concentration of greenhouse gases continues to increase. And through her too global warming. FACTS: The Earth's atmosphere is a gaseous shell many kilometers thick looks like the glass pane of a greenhouse. It lets in sunlight shine through and at the same time ensures that the reflected light comes back can escape into space - but not all of the heat radiation that the earth emits gives away. This collects in the atmosphere, like inside one greenhouse. Climate gases such as carbon dioxide, but also methane are responsible for this Ozone. Their molecules store the heat and later release it into the environment away. The molecules each absorb radiation of a very specific wavelength. Je The more greenhouse gases escape into the atmosphere, the stronger it is Greenhouse effect. The study currently circulating pretends to use complex arithmetic operations to be able to prove that there is already a saturation effect in the atmosphere had occurred. The entire heat radiation is already through the existing amounts of carbon dioxide are absorbed. Even more carbon dioxide in the different layers of the atmosphere make no difference. The influence of CO2 molecules on the warming of the earth will be around in the future weakened by a factor of 10,000. Figuratively speaking: Even more CO2 has the same effect little like putting a double layer of insulation around a house. The insulation effect stay the same. The saturation argument is not new, but was developed in the last century often raised as an objection to climate calculations. It goes back on a mistake in thinking by the Swedish researcher Knut Angstrom in 1900 According to laboratory tests claimed that more carbon dioxide in the air the climate couldn't heat up. As early as the 1940s, measurements refuted the theory. Today To put it simply, the following seems to be certain: like certain people Areas of the atmosphere can also be dense, so the different ones collect Climate gases in surrounding areas - science speaks of “flanks”. An increase in the CO2 concentration also leads to heat is emitted. Lower layers in particular are gradually warming up heats up the Earth's climate. A comparison with Venus makes it clear that an atmosphere is another can have significantly higher CO2 concentrations than currently on Earth. The The CO2 content on Venus is 96.5 percent, compared to the Earth's atmosphere around 0.04 percent, as the Federal Environment Agency explains. \--- Left: Commented study «science.files.org»: co2-physically-probably-hardly-possible-anymore/ (archived: Explanations of the greenhouse effect from Federal Environment Agency: does the greenhouse effect work (archived: Explanations of Angstrom's reasoning error: potsdam.de/~stefan/Publications/Other/angstroems_denkerror.pdf (archived: Explanations of “absorption bands” (Question 12): questions-climate-change#common-questions-about-climate-change (archived: Current IPCC report (chapter 1.2.2): (archived: “Current status” on absorption bands (chapter 4): data.pdf (archived: \--- Contact the dpa fact check team: faktencheck@dpa.com powered by dpa-newslab | Imprint | Privacy | About:
Climate change nothing but a natural process All warnings about global warming nothing but hysteria There is a publication circulating on the Internet that supports this theory archived here Two researchers then claim to have proven that further global warming is physically impossible The reason the atmosphere is saturated An increase in greenhouse gases therefore no longer has a warming effect The result is translated online as follows We can burn coal gas and oil as we please because the effect of additional CO2 molecules on global warming is almost nonexistent