How does CO2 effect the temp?

Question

But the CO2 was higher after temp. rise not before.

Answer 1

It helps us avoiding everlasting winter. But I assume you are talking about the scam we hear now that emissions are supposed to raise the temperatures. Dont believe it.

Answer 2

What causes the Earth’s climate to change?

The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is closely related to global temperature.



Carbon Dioxide Concentration

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a “greenhouse gas.” It absorbs energy from the Sun and then releases it back into the atmosphere. This “greenhouse effect” keeps the Earth warmer than it would be if this process did not occur.

Throughout most of the past 425,000 years the concentration of CO2 has ranged between 180 and 280 parts per million (ppm). When the concentration was at its highest the world was warmer. The Antarctic ice cores that provided evidence of ancient temperatures also contain tiny air bubbles that were trapped as snow accumulated. These bubbles have been analyzed and provide a record of CO2 concentration over time. There is a close correspondence between average global temperature and CO2 concentration.



Greenhouse effect

Carbon dioxide (CO2) absorbs energy from the Sun and then releases it back into the atmosphere.



Are the changes in CO2 concentration causing changes in temperature or is it the other way around? It’s both.

A major reason for the drop in atmospheric CO2 as temperatures decrease is that colder oceans are able to dissolve more CO2. There is a constant exchange of CO2 between the atmosphere and the oceans. Gas is dissolved and also released into the atmosphere. The balance is determined largely by temperature. You can see this effect for yourself. Open a bottle of carbonated water or soda. Pour some into each of two glasses. Put one in the refrigerator and leave one at room temperature. Come back in about an hour and take a drink from each. The one in the refrigerator has retained more bubbles. The fluctuations in CO2 level in the atmosphere are part of the carbon cycle, a complex process by which carbon moves between the atmosphere, biological organisms, the Earth’s crust, and the oceans

Answer 3

co2 is a greenhouse gas which increases the natural greenhouse effect. This natural effect effectively keeps solar radiation in once it has entered the atmosphere to a certain degree. Some of this radiation is absorbed at the earth's surface and turned into heat and some reflects back into the atmosphere(albedo rates). Some of the reflected energy then either passes through back out of our atmosphere or is reflected by the greenhouse gases back to the earth's surface. If there is an increase in the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, this effect increases leading to too much radiation staying in our atmosphere and thus increasing the temperature. This then leads to higher evaporation (and evapotranspiration) levels leading to more water vapour (which is also classified as a greenhouse gas) in the atmosphere, this is what is called positive feedback. On the other hand, an instance of negative feedback could occur where the earth's processes balance it out back to equilibrium.

There is sooo much evidence at the present which supports the idea of anthropogenic climate change, that it is hard to not agree or at least take it into concideration. To say that it is a scam is a bit irrational I think.

Answer 4

I don't believe that it affects the atmosphere's temperature but it is all they had to make the quick educated guess.

Weather isn't rocket science, it is the interaction of water vapor, warm or cold air and temperature, that's it.

Weather = water vapor, air pressure and temperature. Any changes in the 3 and you change weather. That is why we don't want to generate heat on the surface of the planet.

Did you know that everything we do on the surface of the planet is designed with temperature except 100% of it is done in a calculator or thermostat?

You can tell by the answers here that everyone has been reading their Al Gore theory that the sun's rays reflect off the earth depending on their properties of absorption. That theory couldn't qualify solar radiation and didn't. No one considered what the interaction of UV would do with absorbent finishes.

UV burns us, we couldn't qualify that it was in effect burning buildings. The heat generated on building exteriors was documented to be close to boiling temperature in Canada.

How can we generate heat close to boiling temperature on the surface of the planet, treat the symptoms with ozone depletion, massive GHG production, electrical waste, while scientists are trying to understanding heat trapping Co2. If the Co2 is trapping any heat, we are generating extreme heat on the surface of the planet and we just couldn't see it to qualify it.

That doesn't take away from Al Gore's urgency or the issue of climate change, they are missing critical data. Thermografix Consulting Corporation has applied to save Al Gore because this problem is man made.


Go to this link to see the challenge to the Western Governors and provinces. They are missing critical data while they react to the symptoms. http://www.westernclimateinitiative.org/ewebeditpro/items/O104F14458.pdf

Go to this link and see Thermografix entry to Save Al Gore and produce their own science supporting man made climate interference. http://ultimateglobalwarmingchallenge.com/entries.htm

Your own homes are generating extreme heat, go to http://www.thermoguy.com/globalwarming-heatgain.html and follow the images to see temperature as you have never seen it before.

Answer 5

It doesn't. Temperature effects co2.

There is a lag of 800 years between an increase of temperatures before co2 increases. Conversely temperatures will start to decrease while co2 continues in increase. This last about 800 years before co2 starts to decrease as well.

CO2 has gone from about 280ppm (parts per million) from the beginning of the century to about 400ppm or just 120ppm or just 0.0012%. This is far to little of an increase to effect the climate.

The Sun is the source for all warmth on Earth.

Answer 6

When sunlight reaches the Earth,the energy,in the form of wavelengths of light,pass through the atmosphere. When that energy reaches the surface,it it reflected back. The rates of reflection vary depending on the type of surface,. Ice,snow,and water reflect it easily,bit even land reflects back the energy. That energy has been 'slowed' by reflecting,and is now in the form of energy called "infra-red" radiation. It's that radiation that is trapped by the CO2 in the upper atmosphere. That CO2 has caused the Earth to absorb more of the infra-red energy,causing global warming. We know that it's the CO2 from the use of fossil fuels that's causing it. Fossilized carbon levels are easily tracked in the atmosphere. The increase is directly matching the rise in global temps!

Answer 7

Greenhouse gases are a problem, and what CO2 does is it creates a greenhouse effect by trapping the sun’s rays in our atmosphere. Sunlight enters our atmosphere and a good portion of it is normally reflected back into space, but these gases in our atmosphere reflect the rays back toward Earth, heating it up further. It is a proven astronomical fact that the greenhouse effect and global warming exist.

Answer 8

Katy B's answer is good, but while man-made CO2 may contribute to global warming, probably all it does is slightly speed an already inevitable process that would occur regardless of human activity. Take a look at this:
http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/GlobWarmTest/start.html