Conversations That Matter: The science of greenhouse gases
Credit to Author: Massey Padgham| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 15:00:13 +0000
Part 2 of the conversation with Greg Flato, an Environment Canada climate scientist, discusses the dynamics of carbon dioxide in the troposphere, the tropopause and the stratosphere. Carbon in one layer of the atmosphere has a completely different effect on the admission and containment of heat from the sun than in the other.
We also dig into the various greenhouse gases. For example, did you know that by far and away water vapour is number 1, followed by CO2 and methane. According to Flato, “one molecule of methane has the same warming effect as 20 molecules of carbon.”
But Flato, like climate scientist Simon Donner, is optimistic that collectively we will find solutions to the climate challenges we face.
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