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To: Zon
The final graph shows CO2 lagging temperature change -- not leading it.

This link is not working.

Why would increasing temp cause increasing CO2 ?


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20 posted on 04/25/2007 2:39:30 AM PDT by capitalist229 (Get Democrats out of our pockets and Republicans out of our bedrooms.)
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To: capitalist229

This link is not working.

The four links in post 8 work for me. Try them again.

23 posted on 04/25/2007 3:01:21 AM PDT by Zon (Honesty outlives the lie, spin and deception -- It always has -- It always will.)
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To: capitalist229
Why would increasing temp cause increasing CO2 ?

One possible factor is the reduced capacity of the water in the oceans to hold CO2 as its temperature increases. A warm soda goes flat (from losing CO2) a lot quicker than a cold one does.

26 posted on 04/25/2007 3:16:18 AM PDT by Bob
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To: capitalist229

Why would increasing temp cause increasing CO2 ?

Increase in atmospheric temperature doesn't increase the amount of CO2. Increased ocean temperature causes an increase in the amount of CO2 released from oceans. Ocean temperature increases slower than atmosphere temperature. Thus the reason for the time lag.

30 posted on 04/25/2007 3:33:19 AM PDT by Zon (Honesty outlives the lie, spin and deception -- It always has -- It always will.)
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To: capitalist229

Prolly because all living things and dying things emit CO2 and warm climates allow life to thrive (witness summer/vs winter)

The fact that Co2 is a function of temp is damning to the entire premise of gores theory


34 posted on 04/25/2007 3:56:12 AM PDT by mylife
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To: capitalist229

Prolly because all living things and dying things emit CO2 and warm climates allow life to thrive (witness summer/vs winter)

The fact that Co2 is a function of temp is damning to the entire premise of gores theory


35 posted on 04/25/2007 3:56:17 AM PDT by mylife
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To: capitalist229
The oceans are the greatest dynamic CO2 sink on the planet. As they warm, the soluability of the CO2 decreases and precipitates into the atmosphere. Much like pouring a warm carbonated beverage vs a cold one--more foam, more CO2 coming out of solution from the warm beverage than the cold one.

It takes several hundred years for the water to warm up.

36 posted on 04/25/2007 4:07:02 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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To: capitalist229
Why would increasing temp cause increasing CO2 ?

Warmer ocean waters can't hold as much CO2 so it comes out into the atmosphere. Also, biological activity causing the production of CO2 is greater when things are warm than when they're cold.
47 posted on 04/25/2007 5:05:54 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: capitalist229
Why would increasing temp cause increasing CO2 ?

Reduced solubility of CO2 in warming ocean water. Warm water holds less dissolved gases of all kinds. It takes a while for increased air temperature to cause increased water temperature. That is the reason for the lagging behavior.

104 posted on 04/25/2007 2:04:29 PM PDT by Myrddin
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