Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory: Study Explains How Carbon Dioxide Cools the Upper Atmosphere--and Warms Earth Below
May 13, 2026
May 13, 2026
NEW YORK, May 13 -- Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news:
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A New Study Explains How Carbon Dioxide Cools the Upper Atmosphere--and Warms Earth Below
Researchers have solved a long-standing atmospheric puzzle: how rising carbon dioxide cools the stratosphere even as it warms Earth's surface and lower atmosphere.
Highlights
* Researchers explain why rising carbon dioxide cools the s . . .
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A New Study Explains How Carbon Dioxide Cools the Upper Atmosphere--and Warms Earth Below
Researchers have solved a long-standing atmospheric puzzle: how rising carbon dioxide cools the stratosphere even as it warms Earth's surface and lower atmosphere.
Highlights
* Researchers explain why rising carbon dioxide cools the s . . .