This study determines if there is a correlation
between rising carbon dioxide levels and global warming. Historical data were
reviewed from three different time periods spanning 500 million years. It
showed that the curves and trends were too dissimilar to establish a
connection. Observations from CO2/temp ratios showed that the CO2 and the temperature moved in opposite directions 42% of the time. Many ratios
displayed zero or near zero values, reflecting a lack of response. As much as
87% of the ratios revealed negative or near zero values, which strongly negate
a correlation. The infrared spectra showed the Greenhouse Gases had an exceptionally
low absorption band between 11.67 μm to 9.1 μm, which is a zone called the
infrared atmospheric window. Most of the Greenhouse Gases absorb little
infrared inside that zone. And that zone is where the Earth’s surface emits
almost all infrared radiation. Even with minimal absorbance, water vapor
captures the most infrared radiation. It absorbs 84 times more than CO2,
407 thousand times more than methane, 452 thousand times more than ozone and
2.3 million times more than nitrous oxide.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the United
States EPA excluded water vapor because it was not associated with man-made
activities. They reported that water vapor and clouds were simply feedback
mechanisms from CO2. Clouds reflect radiation from the sun. The Northern Hemisphere is 2.7°F warmer than the Southern
Hemisphere because of clouds. The world cloud cover has gone down 4.1%
from 1982 to 2018. Calculations show that this could be responsible for 2.4°F
of the 2.7°F. The research shows that most of the recent increase in
temperature (89.9%) is because
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