En-en adult card 15 radiative forcing

Card #15: Radiative forcing

Causes		Consequences
Additional Greenhouse Effect Aerosols		Energy Budget

Radiative forcing represents the difference (caused by humans) between the energy that arrives on Earth each second and the energy that is released.
In the 5 th assessment report of IPCC, it is rated at $2.3W/m^{2}$ (Watt per square meter).