Net Radiation

[Silence]

[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]

[Intro]
[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]
Human neglect
(The greenhouse effect)
[Instrumental, Pulsing Bass, Organ Swell, Muted Guitar Chops, Rising Synth Filter]

[Instrumental]
[Bass Solo]
[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March]

[Verse 1]
Buy, buy, buy
(Consume sky high)
Drill, baby, Drill
(Kill, kill, kill)

[Bridge]
In effect
[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]
Human neglect
(The greenhouse effect)
[Instrumental, Pulsing Bass, Organ Swell, Muted Guitar Chops, Rising Synth Filter]

[Chorus]
The net result
(Incoming less outgoing)
Environmental assault
(Net radiation)
… the situation
[Instrumental]
[Bass Solo]
[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March]

[Verse 2]
More, more, more
(Mass consumption)
Mine to the core
(Till extinction)

[Bridge]
In effect
[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]
Human neglect
(The greenhouse effect)
[Instrumental, Pulsing Bass, Organ Swell, Muted Guitar Chops, Rising Synth Filter]

[Chorus]
The net result
(Incoming less outgoing)
Environmental assault
(Net radiation)
… the situation
[Instrumental]
[Bass Solo]
[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March]

[Outro]
The end result
(A total assault)
Rape Mother Nature
(Till we don’t endure)
… the situation
(Devastation)

ABOUT THE SONG

Human-induced climate change, also called anthropogenic global warming, is a physical phenomenon rooted in the radiative properties of greenhouse gases (GHGs), especially CO₂, CH₄, and N₂O, and their interaction with Earth’s energy balance.

 The Greenhouse Effect

Earth receives energy from the Sun primarily in the form of shortwave radiation (visible light and near-infrared). The planet absorbs this energy and re-emits it as longwave infrared radiation. Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere absorb some of this infrared radiation and re-emit it, warming the lower atmosphere and surface. This is the greenhouse effect, and it is governed by fundamental physics:

Net Radiation=4S(1−α)​−σT4

Where:

• $S$ = solar constant (~1361 W/m²)

• $\alpha$ = Earth’s albedo (~0.3)

• $\sigma$ = Stefan-Boltzmann constant (~5.67×10⁻⁸ W/m²K⁴)

• $T$ = Earth’s effective radiating temperature

Without GHGs, Earth’s surface would average ~255 K (-18°C). With current GHG levels, it averages ~288 K (~15°C).

From: Anthropogenic Global Warming: Evidence and Mechanisms of Human-Induced Climate Change 

From the album “Macroscopic Perspective“