Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity – ECS – is the central concept in which the question of whether the current warming is the result of natural variation or the result of human-making climate change is decided. ECS essentially describes the sensitivity of the climate to a change in the Earth's carbon balance by human emissions. High values speak for a human influence, [...]
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Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity – ECS – is the central concept in which the question of whether the current warming is the result of natural variation or the result of human-making climate change is decided. ECS essentially describes the sensitivity of the climate to a change in the Earth's carbon balance by human emissions. High values speak for a human influence, [...]