Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Destruction Of Greenhouse Gases Over Tropical Atlantic May Ease Global Warming
Science Daily ^ | 26 June 08 | staff

Posted on 06/26/2008 11:46:02 AM PDT by saganite

Large amounts of ozone -- around 50% more than predicted by the world's state-of-the-art climate models -- are being destroyed in the lower atmosphere over the tropical Atlantic Ocean. This startling discovery was made by a team of scientists from the UK's National Centre for Atmospheric Science and Universities of York and Leeds. It has particular significance because ozone in the lower atmosphere acts as a greenhouse gas and its destruction also leads to the removal of the third most abundant greenhouse gas; methane.

The findings come after analysing the first year of measurements from the new Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory, recently set up by British, German and Cape Verdean scientists on the island of São Vicente in the tropical Atlantic. Alerted by these Observatory data, the scientists flew a research aircraft up into the atmosphere to make ozone measurements at different heights and more widely across the tropical Atlantic. The results mirrored those made at the Observatory, indicating major ozone loss in this remote area.

So, what's causing this loss? Instruments developed at the University of Leeds, and stationed at the Observatory, detected the presence of the chemicals bromine and iodine oxide over the ocean for this region. These chemicals, produced by sea spray and emissions from phytoplankton (microscopic plants in the ocean), attack the ozone, breaking it down.

(Excerpt) Read more at sciencedaily.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agw; climatechange; environment; globalwarming; gorebullsquirming; ozone
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-37 next last
This observatory is a terrific facility that will enable us to keep an eye on the chemical balance of the atmosphere and feed this information into global climate models to greatly improve predictions for this region in the future".

These scientists aren't on the cutting edge of their science. They have to find new ways to make the data i the model. /s/

1 posted on 06/26/2008 11:46:08 AM PDT by saganite
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: saganite

[ It has particular significance because ozone in the lower atmosphere acts as a greenhouse gas and its destruction also leads to the removal of the third most abundant greenhouse gas; methane. ]

We can all, um, cough a sigh of relief.


2 posted on 06/26/2008 11:48:45 AM PDT by littlehouse36 (Thou shalt not teach theory as science!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: saganite

that dreaded ozone again, ozone in the lower atmosphere is actually a greenhouse gas? so this is bad. in the upper atmosphere it keeps out the uv rays so this is good. but if the upper atmosphere ozone hole closes to much it traps greenhouse gases, this is bad. omg! i am getting a headache.


3 posted on 06/26/2008 11:51:36 AM PDT by tatsinfla
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: saganite
These chemicals, produced by sea spray and emissions from phytoplankton (microscopic plants in the ocean), attack the ozone, breaking it down.

Voila!

But of course. We should have known that long ago; but, then, of course we did.

4 posted on 06/26/2008 11:51:35 AM PDT by CWWren (Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress....but I repeat myself.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: saganite

What’s the thickness of the ozone layer and how difficult is it to measure?


5 posted on 06/26/2008 11:52:14 AM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: CWWren

so it wasn’t all those cfc’s we were spraying into the air?


6 posted on 06/26/2008 11:52:35 AM PDT by tatsinfla
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: saganite
A more appropriate title is: Climate Models Wrong!
7 posted on 06/26/2008 11:52:50 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Planting trees to offset carbon emissions is like drinking water to offset rising ocean levels)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: saganite
"So, what's causing this loss?... the chemicals bromine and iodine oxide over the ocean... These chemicals, produced by sea spray and emissions from phytoplankton (microscopic plants in the ocean)..."

How are the environmentalists going to spin this one?

8 posted on 06/26/2008 11:53:17 AM PDT by avacado
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: littlehouse36

Guess it also means the cows can er “breath” a sigh of relief.


9 posted on 06/26/2008 11:54:45 AM PDT by saganite
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: saganite
"This startling discovery ... "

I can't help it ...

Every time I see one of these statements ... I think of the "press conference" in Wag The Dog, and Dustin's various "warrooms", hatching out a/the plot.

Dustin starts thinking, and word association and fantasy alone finalizes the location ... Albania !

And it is all reported as sudden, who could'a known, knock me over with a feather ... surprize !!

10 posted on 06/26/2008 11:56:49 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: saganite
Paging that devil of 'Greenhouse Gases', Sir algore.... What say you Sir?
11 posted on 06/26/2008 11:56:49 AM PDT by geo40xyz (BE PREPARED: McCain or Obama! possibility of 4 Supreme Court Justices, Gore @UN. The WINNER is?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: saganite
> Destruction Of Greenhouse Gases Over Tropical Atlantic

Is the water vapor (largest greenhouse gas) over the Atlantic also being destroyed? /sarc

12 posted on 06/26/2008 11:57:06 AM PDT by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: norwaypinesavage

No, no, no. You’re not current. Scinentist last week announced a change in the way they collected data to make it better fit the model. I’m serious.


13 posted on 06/26/2008 11:57:08 AM PDT by saganite
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: All

Oh God,That phytoplankton won’t hurt the penguins I hope!


14 posted on 06/26/2008 11:58:12 AM PDT by 4yearlurker ("Give them Watts boys!!")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: norwaypinesavage
You left off:

'AGAIN':-()


15 posted on 06/26/2008 11:59:02 AM PDT by geo40xyz (BE PREPARED: McCain or Obama! possibility of 4 Supreme Court Justices, Gore @UN. The WINNER is?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: saganite; proud_yank; FrPR; enough_idiocy; rdl6989; IrishCatholic; Normandy; Delacon; ...
 




Beam me to Planet Gore !

16 posted on 06/26/2008 11:59:23 AM PDT by steelyourfaith
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: tatsinfla
omg! i am getting a headache.

I gave up trying to understand their logic a long time ago. The whole "it's getting hotter so the whole planet is going to freeze in a new ice age" revelation left me with a migraine so I just leave it to the guys at South Park to explain it to me.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GFjWjAz49Z4

 

17 posted on 06/26/2008 11:59:51 AM PDT by txroadkill (Liberals believe that the only oppressed people in Cuba are the terrorist in GitMo)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: steelyourfaith; xcamel

ping


18 posted on 06/26/2008 12:00:01 PM PDT by saganite
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: saganite
around 50% more than predicted by the world's state-of-the-art climate models

So these purportedly "state-of-the-art" climate models have a 50% error. And now we're supposed to destroy a multi-trillion dollar economy because these models say we must do so to "save the Earth".

What's wrong with this picture?

19 posted on 06/26/2008 12:01:46 PM PDT by Bob
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: saganite

How can you ease that which does not exist?


20 posted on 06/26/2008 12:03:20 PM PDT by Eddie01 (one more for the road is actually a really bad idea)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-37 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson