"climate feedback" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is often used to refer to the feedback loop of changes in the Earth's climate that can be caused by the warming of the Earth's atmosphere, leading to further warming. For example: "Scientists are studying the complex climate feedback mechanisms that cause drastic changes in the Earth's climate."
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There are still large uncertainties, but this is carbon-cycle climate feedback that has already started," she said.
Myles Allen of Oxford University points out that energy-balance models are better at representing simple and direct climate feedback mechanisms than indirect and dynamic ones.
Similarly, the cost of dealing with rising temperatures will depend – among many other things – on the sensitivity of the climate to greenhouse gases, the location and severity of regional climate impacts, and the mechanisms of climate feedback loops.
It seems more likely that the world's oceans and land areas just absorbed less CO2 than usual last year as a result of natural climate cycles (hopefully), an increase in deforestation (hopefully not) or some emerging climate feedback (heaven forbid).
"Our understanding at the moment in the computer models we have used – and they are state of the art – suggests that carbon-cycle climate feedback has already kicked in," she said.
The impacts these changes are having on water resources, sea-level rise and climate feedbacks are already observable and significant.
This is in part due to an incomplete understanding of the climate feedbacks associated with CH4 emissions.
A very new paper currently in press shines light on climate feedbacks and the balance of energy flows to and from the Earth.
The results of this study harken back to prior work by one well-known skeptic Richard Lindzen who published work on climate feedbacks in 2009, and by another well-known skeptic Roy Spencer who wrote an article in 2011.
Dr Karnauskas said he is now extending the analysis to include all US and European flights as part of a wider study into the wider effects of rising global temperatures and possible climate feedbacks.
