Tudsamfa@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 days agoYou definitely won't regret doubling the mass of our atmosphere!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square37linkfedilinkarrow-up1252arrow-down110
arrow-up1242arrow-down1imageYou definitely won't regret doubling the mass of our atmosphere!lemmy.worldTudsamfa@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square37linkfedilink
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·2 days agoThe concentration matters, not the absolute amount. Spectroscopy confirms this. 1g of CO2 will reflect IR much differently if it’s in 1mL or 1L of volume.
minus-squaremangaskahn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoThe volume doesn’t change. It’s still the same amount of CO2 in the same volume. There’s just more of the other gasses in that same volume.
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoI don’t know enough about planets and atmospheres to say for sure, but I reckon adding gas would increase the volume of our atmosphere to some extent.
minus-squareExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoSince it’s not clear what will happen let’s just try. What could go wrong?
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoWell I’m no expert but that does not make sense to me. I don’t think CO2 is reflecting IR but rather absorbing it. Not sure where I can read more about this to confirm or deny this idea.
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoIt’s absorption and re-emission of IR. Instead of IR leaving our planet, some gets redirected back at the surface by CO2. https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/how-climate-works/carbon-dioxide-absorbs-and-re-emits-infrared-radiation
The concentration matters, not the absolute amount. Spectroscopy confirms this. 1g of CO2 will reflect IR much differently if it’s in 1mL or 1L of volume.
The volume doesn’t change. It’s still the same amount of CO2 in the same volume. There’s just more of the other gasses in that same volume.
I don’t know enough about planets and atmospheres to say for sure, but I reckon adding gas would increase the volume of our atmosphere to some extent.
Since it’s not clear what will happen let’s just try. What could go wrong?
Well I’m no expert but that does not make sense to me. I don’t think CO2 is reflecting IR but rather absorbing it.
Not sure where I can read more about this to confirm or deny this idea.
It’s absorption and re-emission of IR. Instead of IR leaving our planet, some gets redirected back at the surface by CO2.
https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/how-climate-works/carbon-dioxide-absorbs-and-re-emits-infrared-radiation