%0 Journal Article
%T Feedback between Carbon Dioxide and Temperature in the Atmosphere
%A Peter Stallinga
%J Atmospheric and Climate Sciences
%P 391-401
%@ 2160-0422
%D 2025
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/acs.2025.152020
%X The feedback between carbon dioxide, CO<sub>2</sub>, and the temperature of the atmosphere is analyzed. Starting with the assumption that the average temperature is a function of the carbon-dioxide concentration in the atmosphere, [CO<sub>2</sub>], the so-called greenhouse effect, feedback is introduced into the system: increased temperature can further increase the CO<sub>2</sub> concentration that causes the temperature rise in so-called positive feedback. On the basis of the available data, it is argued that this cannot be the case; the feedback must be negative at the moment. Moreover, the observed correlation between [CO<sub>2</sub>] and temperature varies across different time scales, suggesting different processes are at work. It is not possible to explain all the data with a single phenomenon like the greenhouse effect, even when feedback is included.
%K Atmosphere
%K Feedback
%K Greenhouse Effect
%K Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=141732