Earth's oceans found to be a much greater source of greenhouse gas than previously believed

GizMag ^ | 06/08/2015 | Anthony Ward

[aimhigh]

A new study by MIT has revealed that the quantities of nitrous oxide (N2O), otherwise known as laughing gas, being released by the world's oceans has been dramatically underestimated. Heightened levels of N2O have the potential to seriously influence the health of our planet's ozone layer, as the gas is around 300 times more potent than the more prevalent menace of carbon dioxide emissions.

[aimhigh]

Panic time, of course. /sarc off/

[RnMomof7]

Drain the ocean

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Oh yeah, how much of that is there...

5/100ths of a percent?????

[vladimir998]

There are SUVs in the ocean???

Someone call Al Gore!

[Old Sarge]

Stop the pharting of the cetaeceans!

[a fool in paradise]

Drain the ocean

No need, it'll drain off the edge of the world before that becomes a serious problem.

[SampleMan]

File under, “crap that obviously doesn’t matter”.

[dsrtsage]

N2O in the oceans? Time to take up sailing.

[a fool in paradise]

Save the whales
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRQIvKLwAnY

[Hugin]

Less than that. Less than one part per million.

[DakotaGator]

No mention of the greatest “greenhouse gas”; water vapor.

But that would resemble intelligent thought.

[Straight Vermonter]

Heightened levels of N2O have the potential to seriously influence the health of our planet's ozone layer, as the gas is around 300 times more potent than the more prevalent menace of carbon dioxide emissions.

I'm guessing the author didn't do well in science classes.

[PROCON]

Wait a sec....does this mean we’re all going to die.....AGAIN?!

[tet68]

If the oceans were all locked up in ice sheets this
wouldn’t be a problem and we could pave the sea floor
for parking lots.

[TexasTransplant]

*** “Earth’s oceans found to be a much greater source of greenhouse gas than previously believed” ***

Duh

It is called the Ring of Fire in the Pacific

TT

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

I’ve got broken ribs! Send the Nitrous oxide to my house!

[Sherman Logan]

Nahh. Much less than that. 5/100ths of a percent is 500 ppm or 500,000 ppb. CO2 is presently at 400 ppm or 400,000 ppb.

N2O is around 320 ppb at present.

[aimhigh]

Wait a sec....does this mean we’re all going to die.....AGAIN?!

Yes, but now we'll die laughing due to laughing gas.

[Proud2BeRight]

In other words, if humans were eliminated from the planet everything would be perfect for humans to live on the planet.

[catnipman]

Well, that does it then. Obama’s gonna have to outlaw oceans.