ENERGY ANALYSIS OF GLOBAL WARMING FEATURES AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

Abstract

The summary table of global warming energy patterns calculated using accumulated natural data accumulated by the world science is presented. The analysis shows that in each successive decade the contribution of positive feedbacks to global warming increases relative to the preceding decade. Each kilowatt hour of energy produced and used by humanity warms our planet through the anthropogenic greenhouse effect by 20 kWh. The functions of dependence of the radiative temperature equilibrium on the content in the atmosphere of the three main greenhouse gases have been derived. We propose functions for the dependence of the amount of accumulated thermal energy in the Earth’s climatic system and the duration of global warming on the content of anthropogenic greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. A forecast of the global sea level rise and the marginal frequency of natural disasters over time is provided. If mankind has halved greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, global warming will progress for about 170 years until it reaches a radiative equilibrium temperature of 4,2° C.