{"id":300130,"date":"2024-02-06T17:54:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T16:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=300130"},"modified":"2024-02-06T17:54:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T16:54:26","slug":"co2-traps-heat-is-1984ish-doublespeak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=300130","title":{"rendered":"\u201cCO2 Traps Heat\u201d is 1984ish DoubleSpeak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"545\" data-attachment-id=\"300131\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=300131\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00GFlxav0bsAM1qzf.jpeg?fit=2145%2C1617&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2145,1617\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00GFlxav0bsAM1qzf\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00GFlxav0bsAM1qzf.jpeg?fit=723%2C545&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00GFlxav0bsAM1qzf.jpeg?resize=723%2C545&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-300131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00GFlxav0bsAM1qzf.jpeg?resize=1024%2C772&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00GFlxav0bsAM1qzf.jpeg?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00GFlxav0bsAM1qzf.jpeg?resize=768%2C579&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00GFlxav0bsAM1qzf.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1158&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00GFlxav0bsAM1qzf.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1544&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00GFlxav0bsAM1qzf.jpeg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00GFlxav0bsAM1qzf.jpeg?resize=1200%2C905&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00GFlxav0bsAM1qzf.jpeg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimSteeleSkepti\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimSteeleSkepti\">Jim Steele<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>99% of climate scientists know:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 Heat is <strong>trapped<\/strong> on earth when some of the incoming solar energy <strong>can\u2019t radiat<\/strong>e back to space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 In just <strong>one second<\/strong>, a relaxed CO2 molecule can absorb infra-red, get excited causing CO2 to release that energy and return to the relaxed stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 <strong>Oxygen, Nitrogen and CO2 atmospheric molecules experience billions of collisions every second <\/strong>so that energy is transferred between them. CO2 can <strong>shed its absorbed energy via a collision in about 20 microseconds.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 Oxygen and nitrogen make up 99% of the earth\u2019s atmosphere. Those molecules<strong> warm by collisions<\/strong> with greenhouse gases and earth\u2019s solar heated surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 It\u2019s <strong>oxygen, nitrogen and the ocean that traps heat<\/strong>. Oxygen and nitrogen <strong>can\u2019t radiate<\/strong> heat back to space. Subsurface solar-heated ocean water <strong>can\u2019t radiate <\/strong>heat back to space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 The truth is <strong>without<\/strong> heat transfer to greenhouse gases, <strong>oxygen and nitrogen would experience runaway warming<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 <strong>Heat absorbed by oxygen and nitrogen can only radiate back to space by colliding with a greenhouse gas<\/strong>, transferring its energy so that the greenhouse gases can radiate that energy back to space! Above the altitude where water vapor precipitates out, <strong>collisions with CO2 are virtually the only pathway for oxygen and nitrogen\u2019s acquired heat to radiate back to space<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 Wouldn\u2019t it be <strong>more honest to say CO2 is vital for cooling the planet<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oxygen, Nitrogen and CO2 atmospheric molecules experience billions of collisions every second so that energy is transferred between them. CO2 can shed its absorbed energy via a collision in about 20 microseconds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":300131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Oxygen, Nitrogen and CO2 atmospheric molecules experience billions of collisions every second so that energy is transferred between them. 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