Abstract
We resurrect the 1896 paper in the frame of which the great Swedish physical chemist Svante August Arrhenius explains why what he called “aqueous vapour” and “carbonic acid” should be regarded as determining climate warming agents. We suggest that the designation “Green House Effect Gas” as applied to carbon dioxide should be officially banished from the climate vocabulary as being misleading.
Highlights
It all began for real in April 1896, four years before the invention of Quantum Physics (QP), when the prestigious British scientific journal Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science published a paper written by the great Swedish physical chemist Svante August Arrhenius (1859-1927) under the title “On the Influence of Carbonic Acid in the Air upon the Temperature of the Ground” [1]
Other experts, working for the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), asserted in 2014 that they were “more than 95% certain” [our emphasis] that most of the global warming is caused by increasing concentrations of “greenhouse gases” and other “human activities”, asserting: “Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions have increased since the pre-industrial era, driven largely by economic and population growth, and are higher than ever” a statement one would be hard-pressed to dispute
We explore the highly significant consequences of this fact
Summary
It all began for real in April 1896, four years before the invention of Quantum Physics (QP), when the prestigious British scientific journal Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science published a paper written by the great Swedish physical chemist Svante August Arrhenius (1859-1927) under the title “On the Influence of Carbonic Acid in the Air upon the Temperature of the Ground” [1]. The term “Carbonic acid” used in this title refers to the compound which corresponds to the chemical formula H2CO3, equivalently written as OC(OH) to reflect better the geometric structure of its molecule (Figure 1). This acid obtains when carbon dioxide, the (in)famous climate warming CO2, is dissolved in water as is the case for example in our carbonated soda drinks. Auffray mate experts still use today when they refer to climate warming
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