Had read somewhere that CO2 being heavier than air sank to ground or sealevel, hence it being taken in by plants and the oceans. This “sinking” in fact made CO2 impossble as a Greenhouse gas.
The warmers having their hockeystick broken rush to find a new scenario. Latest “Warmer Science” now is manmade CO2 acidifying the oceans and methane hydrate released because the oceans warm (the inference is that its human caused) by 5C which in turn greenhouses to another 5C and kills everything.
Also, man’s contribution to total CO2 in the atmosphere is 3%.
Further, the contribution to the actual “warming” greenhouse effect is an unmeasurable 0.117%.
“Had read somewhere that CO2 being heavier than air sank to ground or sealevel, hence it being taken in by plants and the oceans. This “sinking” in fact made CO2 impossible as a Greenhouse gas.”
Yes, the molecular weight of CO2 is greater than that of air, a mixture of mostly nitrogen and oxygen. But CO2’s behavior in air is to disperse, or ‘dissolve’ into the air as a gas. CO2 only ‘sinks’ in air to the extent it remains ‘together’, as in the example of the contents of a CO2 fire extinguisher discharged at the base of a fire. As a gas, CO2 will thoroughly mix with the atmosphere, not sink therefrom to the oceans or plant life. It will be absorbed by plants or dissolve in water through contact with the atmosphere.
“The warmers having their hockeystick broken rush to find a new scenario. Latest “Warmer Science” now is manmade CO2 acidifying the oceans and methane hydrate released because the oceans warm (the inference is that its human caused) by 5C which in turn greenhouses to another 5C and kills everything.”
Again, the ‘warmers’ are exploiting some half truths. CO2, when dissolved in water, such as a carbonated beverage, will be slightly more acidic. The amount of dissolved CO2 water can hold is temperature dependent, among other things. The colder the water (liq.), the more CO2 it can dissolve. Same holds for methane hydrate. The oceans are a highly buffered systems, and any newly dissolved CO2 will enter that equilibrium. Warmers need to explain just how this system is going to increase 5C degrees, not simply project that if this system were to warm up, ocean water would not ‘hold’ as much CO2, or methane hydrate, as it does at its present temperature.