1) Rising Carbon levels in atmosphere and ocean. But the ratio of C14 to C12 is falling, which means that the Carbon is mainly from burning of fossil fuels, whose carbon was deposited so long ago that C14 in them has depleted due short isotope life span.
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2 CO2 causes tropopause to rise higher, but stratopause to go lower. Predicted in 1957. Solar heating effects would cause both levels to rise.
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3 Ocean acidification has increased because of increased ocean intake of CO2.
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4 Global average surface air temperature has increased. (So has globally averaged near surface ocean temperature.)
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5 Arctic temperatures are rising even faster than global.
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6 Night-time temperatures rising faster than day-time (Can’t blame the sun for that!)
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7 Rise in Global averaged sea level (some (~20%) is due to pumping ground water out, but most is due to warming of the oceans and melting of ice.)
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8 Globally averaged loss of ice mass. Which translates to a lower albedo, hence less sunlight reflected back to space.
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9 Satellite observations of infrared emitted by upper atmosphere show a decline, which is due to Greenhouse gases’ increased trapping of the radiation.
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10 increase in globally averaged sea level.
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11 No increase in solar output (beyond the normal variations due to solar cycle, which amount to about +/- 1 part in 1,000. Might even be a small (smaller than the above) decrease.
Evidence for man-caused global warming
1) Rising Carbon levels in atmosphere and ocean. But the ratio of C14 to C12 is falling, which means that the Carbon is mainly from burning of fossil fuels, whose carbon was deposited so long ago that C14 in them has depleted due short isotope life span.
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2 CO2 causes tropopause to rise higher, but stratopause to go lower. Predicted in 1957. Solar heating effects would cause both levels to rise.
.
3 Ocean acidification has increased because of increased ocean intake of CO2.
.
4 Global average surface air temperature has increased. (So has globally averaged near surface ocean temperature.)
.
5 Arctic temperatures are rising even faster than global.
.
6 Night-time temperatures rising faster than day-time (Can’t blame the sun for that!)
.
7 Rise in Global averaged sea level (some (~20%) is due to pumping ground water out, but most is due to warming of the oceans and melting of ice.)
.
8 Globally averaged loss of ice mass. Which translates to a lower albedo, hence less sunlight reflected back to space.
.
9 Satellite observations of infrared emitted by upper atmosphere show a decline, which is due to Greenhouse gases’ increased trapping of the radiation.
.
10 increase in globally averaged sea level.
.
11 No increase in solar output (beyond the normal variations due to solar cycle, which amount to about +/- 1 part in 1,000. Might even be a small (smaller than the above) decrease.