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[WSS17] A study of climate change regional impact based on local CO2 levels

POSTED BY: Mantas Pastolis
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Thanks Neil,

I agree that weather (temperature, wind) and concentrations of carbon dioxide are extremely dynamic elements around the earth. However, after looking at this video, made by NASA, which shows the movement of carbon dioxide all over the Earth, I noticed that some sources of carbon dioxide (eastern US, south east China and Hong Kong, for example) have a constant cloud of gases over it. Therefore, I wanted to check, if carbon dioxide can actually trap heat locally. I agree with you that carbon dioxide is by far not the only reason for greenhouse effect, however, I could not find the satellite data for other GHGs and decided to restrict myself to carbon dioxide for now.

POSTED BY: Mantas Pastolis

... Although I liked your presentation and I think it does a good job of showing that climate change is not a local phenomena (since it is recognized as a global issue of accumulating heat). I just think your conclusion does not follow from your analysis.

POSTED BY: Neil Singer

Mantas,

I think your whole premise that local CO2 has an affect on local weather makes no sense when you understand the mechanism of how CO2 warms the earth. The idea is that greenhouse gasses (and not just Co2) absorb energy in the infrared spectrum so they stop the earth from radiating some heat at night that would normally be radiated. This is not a local affect and is a cycle that happens every day and night. A good discussion of this can be found here

POSTED BY: Neil Singer
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