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Whilst I don't agree with the previous post to this, I also personally can't accept the above.
If we look at the earth over geologic time we know that historically there has been much more CO2 in our atmosphere than exists today. For example, during the Jurassic Period, average CO2 concentrations were about 1800 ppm or about 4.7 times higher than today. The highest concentrations of CO2 during all of the Paleozoic Era occurred during the Cambrian Period, nearly 7000 ppm - about 18 times higher than today.
The Carboniferous Period and the Ordovician Period were theonly geological periods during the Paleozoic Era when global temperatures were as low as they are today.
The late Ordovician Period was also an Ice Age while at the same time CO2 concentrations then were nearly 12 times higher than today - 4400 ppm.
According to greenhouse theory, Earth should have been exceedingly hot. Instead, global temperatures were hardly any different than today. Clearly, other factors besides atmospheric carbon influence earth temperatures and global warming. |
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