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Originally Posted by Vman455
No, doubling atmospheric carbon dioxide =/= doubling the amount of heat trapped by the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is only one of many heat-absorbing gases, and we would have to double the concentration of all of them to double the heat-absorbing capacity of the atmosphere as a whole.
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If we stopped emitting ANY greenhouse gas right now - we will still get at least 50 years of warming - and that may already push things into a feedback amplification.