How the climate system works
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Energy from the Sun, carbon in the air and sea, heat carried by currents and winds, and how scientists measure and predict it all.
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Energy in, energy out
Carbon
Moving the heat
Measuring and predicting
Climates of the past
What is at risk
Fact
The Sun
Theory
The Greenhouse Effect
Fact
The Atmosphere
Theory
Milankovitch Cycles
Fact
The Carbon Cycle
Proven
Climate Change
Proven
Ocean Acidification
Fact
Plankton
Proven
Thermohaline Circulation
Fact
Ocean Currents
Fact
The Jet Stream
Fact
El Nino and La Nina
Fact
Climate Models
Theory
Extreme Event Attribution
Contested
Climate Sensitivity
Fact
Weather Forecasting
Contested
What Causes the Ice Ages
Hypothesis
Snowball Earth
Proven
Radiocarbon Dating
Fact
Dendrochronology
Contested
Climate Tipping Points
Fact
Coral Reefs
Fact
Glaciers
Contested
Renewable Energy and Electrical Grid Stability
Question
How much warmer will it get, and how fast? The answer depends on climate sensitivity, and on us.