jgpausas, 8 months ago to ecology This reminds me of the #Daisyworld (the model developed by #Lovelock to demonstrate the #Gaia hypothesis), where black daisies (#CO2, etc) reduce #albedo & warm the planet. But we lack white daisies for the negative #feedback! We are in the positive phase! (eg Box 1 in https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534722000611) FROM @nickcowern: Earth has darkened significantly over the last 20y; satellite data show a roughly 2% reduction in reflected sunlight @climate @ecology
This reminds me of the #Daisyworld (the model developed by #Lovelock to demonstrate the #Gaia hypothesis), where black daisies (#CO2, etc) reduce #albedo & warm the planet. But we lack white daisies for the negative #feedback! We are in the positive phase! (eg Box 1 in https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534722000611)
FROM @nickcowern: Earth has darkened significantly over the last 20y; satellite data show a roughly 2% reduction in reflected sunlight
@climate @ecology
raymccarthy, 8 months ago @jgpausas @nickcowern @climate @ecology But surely #Lovelock and the #Gaia hypothesis was just a new take on old religion and ultimately pseudo science.
@jgpausas @nickcowern @climate @ecology But surely #Lovelock and the #Gaia hypothesis was just a new take on old religion and ultimately pseudo science.