What are atmospheric and oceanic feedbacks?

Atmospheric and oceanic feedbacks are like when your room gets warmer and you turn on more fans, it makes everything even hotter!

Atmospheric feedbacks happen in the air above us. Imagine you're wearing a big, warm blanket on a chilly day. That’s like carbon dioxide, which traps heat from the sun. As the Earth warms up, there's more of this gas, and that means even more warmth, it's like adding another layer to your blanket!

Oceanic feedbacks are all about the big blue water around us. Think of the ocean as a giant sponge. When it gets warmer, it can absorb less heat from the sun, kind of like how a wet sponge doesn’t soak up more water when it's already full. This means the Earth warms up even faster, just like if your sponge was already soaked and you added more water, it would spill over!

Together, these feedbacks make the world warm up quicker, like turning on extra lights in a room that’s already bright!