1 C is not "just a little warmer" as most people think. The atmosphere is huge, and the additional energy stored within the atmosphere after that increase in temperature is huge. Let's measure it in terms of bolts of lightning, hurricanes, and other atmospheric energy events:
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M = 5.1480E18 # kg (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Earth)
cv = 0.716 # kJ/(kg*K) (from https://www.ohio.edu/mechanical/thermo/property_tables/air/air_Cp_Cv.html)
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dT = 1 # (the change in temp, degrees C or K)
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dE = M*cv*dT
netE = dE*1000 # in Joules
netE
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Elightning = 1e9 # Joules (https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2012/05/could-we-harness-lightning-as-an-energy-source.html)
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new_lightning = netE / Elightning
new_lightning
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time = 10*24*60*60 # 4 days * hours * minutes * seconds
Ehurricane = 1e13 * time # watts * seconds (http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/D7.html)
new_hurricanes = netE / Ehurricane
new_hurricanes
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TODO:
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