Extraterrestrial particles and the greenhouse effect

✍ Scribed by N. C. Wickramasinghe; F. Hoyle; R. Rabilizirov

• Book ID: 104627247
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 200 KB
• Volume: 46
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1573-0794
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00117196

✦ Synopsis

We discuss the possibility that a variable atmospheric load of porous 0.1 I~m-sized dielectric particles of extraterrestrial origin could lead to a fluctuating baseline for the atmospheric temperature near ground level. Global warming has to be reckoned relative to this baseline.