By Mike Mercer, Stevensville
If the 25,000 fans that fill Washington Stadium for a Griz game each represented a molecule of our atmosphere, then 19,500 would be Nitrogen, 5,250 would be Oxygen, 240 would be Argon and the remaining 10 would be Carbon Dioxide; that is the dangerous 400 ppm the climate uses to heat us all up, melt glaciers, kill birds and so on. As for the science of carbon dioxide, it has been stated, by mainstream science, that CO2 slows down the rate of heat loss from the surface of the earth, like a blanket, and is why temperatures will rise as we burn fossil fuels and yet the rate at which a CO2 molecule retains or slows down heat loss is, at most, a negligible 0.0001 of a second.
Professor Nasif Nahle has mathematically assessed the rate at which heat is retained by CO2 molecules; his work was endorsed by the Faculty of Physics of the University of Nuevo Leon (Mexico). Nahle also found the “mean free path” for a quantum wave (if you accept the quantum theory of wave-particle duality) to pass through the atmosphere before colliding with a CO2 molecule is about 100 feet. Such a wide gap between molecular collisions would appear to undermine the idea of CO2 being a blanket.
Some more recent papers deal with the low cloud cover cooling effect and how it forms, one by Finnish scientists and the other by researchers at Kobe University in Japan which states: “In effect, cosmic rays which are normally deflected via the magnetosphere are, in times of weak or changing magnetic fields emanating from Earth itself, able to penetrate further into Earth’s atmosphere, causing the formation of low-level clouds which cover the land in a kind of ‘umbrella effect’ that shades the land from the sun, allowing cooling to take place. But a lack of clouds makes the surface hotter, as would be expected. This natural phenomenon is now documented to be the primary driver of global temperatures and climate, not human activity.” This phenomenon is called the “Svensmark Effect.”
Our efforts to reduce CO2 could be more harmful to nature as plants are not the only organisms to base their nutrition on CO2. About 70% of the oxygen present today in the atmosphere comes from phytoplankton that use carbon from CO2 and release oxygen; contrary to common belief, it is not the forests, but the oceans, that constitute the “lungs” of the earth.
So, was that fun?
Mike Mercer says
I agree that we must look at all factors when assessing affects on our climate but none of this is my theory. You may start with “Intensified East Asian winter monsoon during the last geomagnetic reversal transition” published June 28, 2019 by Yusuke Uneno, Masayuki Hyodo Tianshui Yang and Shigehiro Kato. A copy is available to read here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-45466-8#Sec2
There is also in 2019 from Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku in Finland a paper entitled “No Experimental evidence for the significant anthropogenic climate change” by J. Kauppinen and P. Malmi. It may be read here: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1907.00165.pdf
As for ocean acidification, Jeroen Ingels, a researcher at the FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory, warns, “The human activities that are impacting macroalgae and sediment habitats and their interstitial animals are undermining the potential for these systems to mitigate climate change by affecting their potential to take up and cycle carbon.” He added, “The study really illustrates in a new way how seaweed and subsequently benthic (ocean floor) animals can contribute in a significant way to blue carbon.”
The researchers believe that their study reveals not only the important role seaweed plays in the food web, but also emphasizes the negative effects on atmospheric carbon dioxide when human activities impact seaweed and the seafloor; think “Golden Kelp” and health food demands, are we over harvesting a solution to ocean acidification, just a thought.
Larry Campbell says
Even if Mr. Mercer’s theory is correct, and I doubt it is but will keep an open mind for scientific information, there is still the huge, not-so-fun issue of increasing CO2 in the atmosphere causing increased CO2 in the oceans that leads to ocean acidification. Clouds don’t effect that much or at all. Ocean acidification has reached a point of causing significant damage and is still increasing with fossil fuel combustion and other forms of adding CO2 to the air.
Mr. Mercer might want to expand his research. and pay close attention to the scientific ecological facts of how seemingly separate phenomena are actually related. We are all in this together. Climate chaos shows us that backyard issues are planet-wide issues as well as showing us it all adds up, even seemingly insignificant choices and actions.
Clark Lee says
Please provide your references. I would like to use them for my comic book I am writing.