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Tag: atmospheric carbon dioxide
Posted inClimate Science, Feature Article

Common Climate Misconceptions: Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

by Zeke Hausfather

Understanding the carbon cycle is a key part of understanding the broader climate change issue. But a number of misconceptions floating around the blogosphere confuse basic concepts to argue that climate change is irrelevant because of the short residence time of carbon molecules in the atmosphere and the large overall carbon stock in the environment. […]