Global warming

Feedbacks are processes that are themselves consequences of global warming, but which in turn influence the planet’s temperature. They are either positive feedbacks, which means… Read More »Climate Feedbacks

Global temperature is usually depicted as an anomaly — the difference between the temperature at any point in time and a baseline temperature, which is… Read More »Global Temperature

Greenhouse gases are gases whose properties are said to be ‘heat-trapping’ — they absorb infrared energy and re-emit it, scattering it and thereby keeping it… Read More »Greenhouse Gases

CO2 emissions are caused by the burning of any hydrocarbon fuel, from wood, through to coal oil and gas. The elimination of combustion of fossil… Read More »CO2 Emissions