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Arrhenius: calculating the warming effect of carbon dioxide

Estimated how changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide could alter surface temperature through radiative effects.

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Estimated how changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide could alter surface temperature through radiative effects.

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The historical calculation is a foundation, not a modern climate forecast. Its parameters and feedback treatment differ from current models.

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Svante Arrhenius

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Arrhenius: calculating the warming effect of carbon dioxide

Estimated how changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide could alter surface temperature through radiative effects.

Scientific scope

The historical calculation is a foundation, not a modern climate forecast. Its parameters and feedback treatment differ from current models.

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This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.

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Svante Arrhenius

Full deposited paper byline or identified author of the scoped historical source. Association does not measure individual effort.

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