Abstract
Christian Bjerrum analyserer Eocæns drivhusklima og diskuterer, hvorfor nutidige koblede ocean-atmosfære-modeller har vanskeligt ved at reproducere de høje breddegraders temperaturer ved forhøjede CO₂-niveauer. Med afsæt i geologiske klimaindikatorer – herunder isotopdata og fossile spor – problematiseres vores forståelse af klimafølsomhed og feedbackmekanismer. Artiklen rejser det centrale spørgsmål: Mangler modellerne afgørende fysik, eksempelvis i skydannelse og varmetransport? Konsekvenserne er ikke blot videnskabelige, men også politiske. En tankevækkende og stringent gennemgang, der udfordrer læserens intuition om drivhuseffektens lineære skala.
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