Carbon dioxide emissions are warming the planet Rupert Oberhauser / Alamy
Carbon dioxide is uniquely suited to cause global warming because of a coincidental quirk of quantum mechanics.
Global warming is largely caused by carbon dioxide and other gases absorbing infrared radiation, trapping heat in Earth’s atmosphere – known as the greenhouse effect.
The most accurate climate models use precise measurements of the amount of radiation COâ‚‚ can absorb to calculate how much heat will be trapped in the atmosphere. These models are excellent…
