News in Brief Climate

Scientists confirm amassing CO2 heats Earth’s surface

Increase in incoming thermal energy bears signature of greenhouse gas

Alaska site

WARM UP  It may look snowy here, but a rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide directly increased the amount of thermal radiation striking this site near Alaska’s northernmost tip, new research finds.

Jonathan Gero

By Thomas Sumner

- More than 2 years ago

For the first time, scientists have witnessed a direct connection between rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide and an increase in the amount of thermal radiation striking Earth’s surface.