if co2 gas is heavier than air how come it goes up into the earths atmosphere please can someone explane this

Answer 1

One word: wind.

CO2 is very slighty denser than air, but the difference is so slight that any movement of the air at all causes the two to mix.

Answer 2

Carbon dioxide molecules are heavier than nitrogen and oxygen molecules, but they're not so heavy that they aren't well-mixed throughout the atmosphere. If there were no collisions between molecules in the atmosphere, then it might stratify into different layers, but that is not the case.The composition of the atmosphere is well-known and the amount of carbon dioxide as a function of height above the earth is taken into account in climate models. It is true that aircraft do not fly high enough to escape the gravitational pull of the earth--but since the range of the gravitational force is infinite neither does anything else in the universe! It is also completely irrelevant.

Answer 3

While gravity may tend to cause heavier gases to settle downward, brownian motion, i.e., particle theory forces tend to interfere with that process. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownian_motion

Higher concentrations of CO2 will settle downward..... But there will always be some CO2 at the ppm level, i.e., parts per million level that never settle out especially when even more is on it's way up from GHG emissions. BTW 10,000 ppm = 1% concentration. But earth CO2 atmospheric levels are in the order of 20 to 30 ppm if I recall correctly.

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if co2 gas is heavier than air how come it goes up into the earths atmosphere please can someone explane this

Answer 5

All gases move up into the air, with wind, air currents and diffusion. A feather is heavier than air but easily floats into the air with the smallest of air movements. CO2 is a very small molecule so unless contained all together in say a balloon, single molecules are reaching the skys all the time. Its just that unlike helium, it will fall eventually too.

Answer 6

True, CO2 is heavier than air. But when it comes to the behavior of gases, the effect of gravity is tiny.

Gases DIFFUSE. Even if a heavy gas is spread out along the floor, it will eventually rise up to spread evenly throughout the whole room....otherwise we'd all be walking around in a layer of CO2 with the oxygen and nitrogen in their different layers. Gases mix...

Answer 7

It is carried on air currents and heat causes it to lift. The air in the atmosphere isn't static!

Answer 8

first of all the air consists of different gases, so u can't compare it 2 co2. it's the earth's gravity that determines the gases it can pulll, this gives them their weight which can be calculated by the formula [gravity(9.8)*mass(g)=weight(N)]

Answer 9

It only reaches the stratosphere.