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The climate system is not controlled by CO2. It is full of competing terms, offsets and feedbacks. Push one lever, and another moves to balance it. This is the point.
Greenland SMB: The latest visual update indicates another jog up, keeping the balance positive, above the zero line. Yesterday’s posting said “the accumulated 2025-26 total sits near 600 Gt.”
Also yesterday, the 20-year graph indicates the yearly SM balance is always to the negative, though the comparison has been trending in the direction of more gain and less loss. I assume the 25-26 numbers will eventually return to reporting another year of more loss than gain but we shall see…
DEFINITION: Dry bulb temperature measures the air’s actual temperature, while wet bulb temperature reflects the lowest temperature achievable through evaporative cooling, indicating the air’s moisture content.