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Global Warming. CO2 is Innocent.

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It's tri-oxides wot done it.

Health warning: Don't breath the air.

Entirely new kind of 'highly reactive' chemical is found in Earth's atmosphere | Daily Mail Online

'As sunlight is both reflected and absorbed by aerosols, this affects the Earth's heat balance – that is, the ratio of sunlight that Earth absorbs and sends back into space,' explained co-author and PhD. student Eva R. Kjærgaard.

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  • 10 million molecules of something  per cc is incredibly dilute, even for the upper atmosphere where pressures are very low.

    At sea level there are 6E23 molecules  (The Avagadro constant) per 24 litres of any gas,  so any one cc is 1/24000 or approx 2.5 E19 molecules.

    Now the pressure reduces by a factor of 20 by an altitude of 20km, so  1.2 E 18. At that altitude 10 million of something (1E7)  per cc is  a concentration of 1 part in 100 thousand million

    Even if this is at an altitude where things are a further factor  of ten thinner, about 100km up, there are still 1.2E 17 molecules per cc.

    10 million of something (1E7)  per cc is  a concentration of 1 part in 10 thousand million.

    It is all chicken feed.

    Mike.

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  • 10 million molecules of something  per cc is incredibly dilute, even for the upper atmosphere where pressures are very low.

    At sea level there are 6E23 molecules  (The Avagadro constant) per 24 litres of any gas,  so any one cc is 1/24000 or approx 2.5 E19 molecules.

    Now the pressure reduces by a factor of 20 by an altitude of 20km, so  1.2 E 18. At that altitude 10 million of something (1E7)  per cc is  a concentration of 1 part in 100 thousand million

    Even if this is at an altitude where things are a further factor  of ten thinner, about 100km up, there are still 1.2E 17 molecules per cc.

    10 million of something (1E7)  per cc is  a concentration of 1 part in 10 thousand million.

    It is all chicken feed.

    Mike.

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