If we stop the energy imbalance, oceans can also go a long way toward spreading that existing heat burden over time, as per this Rosenthal, Linsley, Oppo work:
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/342/6158/617 https://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/31/10000-year-study-finds-oceans-warming-fast-but-from-a-cool-baseline/ On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 8:16 AM Klaus Lackner <[email protected]> wrote: > If by warming you mean an increase in the temperature, then warming will > stop soon. If by warming you mean that it is warmer than without excess > Greenhouse gases, then this excess temperature will be with us a long > time. Solomon et al claimed it is 1000 years. > > Klaus > > > > > > *From: *<[email protected]> on behalf of E Durbrow < > [email protected]> > *Reply-To: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Date: *Friday, September 13, 2019 at 5:09 PM > *To: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Subject: *[geo] No fossil fuels = global warming stops “soon” > > > > Alan Robock wrote: "Certainly if we stop burning fossil fuels, global > warming will not stop immediately, but it will stop soon. “ > > > > As a layperson, my understanding is that even if fossil fuels burning > stops tomorrow, warming and acidification will continue for decades rather > than years. This is because of 2 centuries of greenhouse gas build-up (and > greenhouse contributions from agriculture). > > > > Would some kind soul tell me that I’m wrong here? > > > > Thanks! > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "geoengineering" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/CAFxkD2qeQ%2BvxJBMNkqqS7heO-8EjaH8OvPaJZC532K8TCw12qw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_d_msgid_geoengineering_CAFxkD2qeQ-252BvxJBMNkqqS7heO-2D8EjaH8OvPaJZC532K8TCw12qw-2540mail.gmail.com-3Futm-5Fmedium-3Demail-26utm-5Fsource-3Dfooter&d=DwMFaQ&c=l45AxH-kUV29SRQusp9vYR0n1GycN4_2jInuKy6zbqQ&r=hFjA8A8KwwhQx5qilpfIleTL0XYVr_fckT8DnwIEWlQ&m=283VuYyS0Fv76OSFAT5br_V5oo3ALL3bD_tuP2IH0d0&s=JbtWshirTPWzP32RWMjN8dIXKtEyHwnQU7kzaIzFI88&e=> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "geoengineering" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/3A79B8CB-E38D-422D-957A-F1A4D5527854%40exchange.asu.edu > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/3A79B8CB-E38D-422D-957A-F1A4D5527854%40exchange.asu.edu?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- *ANDREW REVKIN* *Founding Director, Initiative on Communication & Sustainability* *The Earth Institute, Columbia University* *+1 914.441.5556 phone/whatsapp, @revkin Twitter* *@revkin <http://twitter.com/revkin>, Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/andrew.revkin.5>, Music <http://j.mp/revkinmusic>, Books <https://www.amazon.com/Andrew-Revkin/e/B001IXNSRK/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1390325965&sr=1-2-ent>* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/CA%2BakwtZCs8_OUOKdQV694nXYQJrdcNjSMRweRXhRXahyt37ktA%40mail.gmail.com.
