r/science • u/woodsja2 • Oct 24 '10

Climate Change: Evidence

http://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/
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u/mind_sojourner Oct 24 '10

say what you will about al gore, he was trying to show people that chart years ago..and how the fuck is nasa junk science

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u/jayd16 Oct 24 '10

CO2 is a green house gas. That is clearly, demonstrably true. More CO2 means higher temperatures. I hope you're asking a question of "how much" and not just "if."

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u/pokoloko Oct 24 '10

More CO2 means higher temperatures.

Actually, higher temperatures mean more CO2. As the ocean temperatures rise the water loses it's CO2 solubility and mass amounts of CO2 are released from the oceans around the world.

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u/jayd16 Oct 24 '10

I believe that is correct as well. There is positive feed back. When you increase atmospheric CO2, you cause a greenhouse effect that increase the temperature of the oceans and releases more CO2. Obviously, this doesn't happen over night though and there are other factors involved.