Re: OT: Climate Change

On Apr 11, 4:13 am, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelati...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Ian Bell wrote:
The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is about 0.04% and has been for the
last 50 years or more. The proportion of that 0.04% contributed by human
emissions is very small. The big source/sink of CO2 is the sea. The
temperature of the sea controlls the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. Human
emissions are insignificant.

This seems to make basic sense to me ! In other words CO2 levels are merely an
indicator.

It might make basic sense to you, but it is nevertheless wrong. The
current CO2 level ois 0.0383% and it has risen by about 0.006% in the
past fifty years. About 0.01% of the 0.0383% represents human
emissions since the industrial revolution, which is a significant (and
rising) proportion.

In the past, CO2 levels have been driven by ocean temperature, but
this time around we've managed to reverse the situation.

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen


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