Could the rise in the average temperature of the globe cause an increase in greenhouse gases' density?

It certainly seems counterintuitive to me unless. At higher temperatures it would seem the gasses would be less dense, not more. Rising temperatures will also tilt the greenhouse gas mix more toward methane and less toward CO2. Methane is much less dense than CO2, but it is 72 times more effective as a greenhouse gas over its 1st year in the atmosphere.

If you can buttonhole him at some point, ask him to explain his thinking on that.

@ETpro I just heard from other students that when temperature rises, the frozen organic matter piled on the colder regions will melt, decay, and release CO2, causing a rise in greenhouse gas density. I have to say I doubt whether that would be a significant effect

@frigate1985 It’s not CO2 it will release but methane. We are currently adding 26 billion metric tons of CO2 to the atmosphere every year. Natural systems dealt with the natural sources of CO2 release, but are not able to absorb the amount human activity is now adding, so CO2 levels in the atmosphere are rapidly increasing, causing global warming.

There are 400 billion tonnes of methane locked in frozen tundra and as much as 2,500 billion tonnes of methane frozen in methane clathrates at the bottom of the cold oceans. Global warming, if unchecked, will release all of that. Methane is 72 times more harmful as a greenhouse gas than is CO2 in its first year in the atmosphere. Over its full atmospheric cycle, it is 20 times more destructive. If we trigger such a release, we will be looking at sea level rises in the order of 350 feet and temperature increase so extreme that most advanced life on Earth will go extinct. That includes Humans!

@ETpro Darn….. pretty serious eh..
but I heard the global warming threat is not really that serious. the reports were kinda distorted

As the oceans warm they will tend to release more dissolved CO2 according to this article

Only if the overall mass of our atmosphere increases, e.g. by massive release of methane similar to what happened during the Permian-Triassic extinction event.

@frigate1985 You heard that because the fossil fuel industry has an annual sales of $40 trillion per year to protect, and they are more than willing to spend a few billion of their profits each year making sure they are free to destroy the future for profits in the present. They fund what is likely the largest disinformation, propaganda and junk science programs in all of history in defense of their next quarter’s profits.

If you had been around back when medical science was first warning of the dangers of addiction and cardiovascular disease from smoking, you’d have heard a very similar disinformation campaign claiming that nicotine is not addictive and that smoking tobacco is actually good for you. Interestingly, in the US, many of the same Public Relations firms that worked to promote 350,000 Americans dying each year for using their clients’ products exactly as directed are now taking fortunes to push the fake controversy about Global Warming.

But you can’t fool Mother Nature. Here’s some interesting facts that prove that, if Global Warming is an Al Gore hoax, he is one Hell of a great hoaxter.
http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/noaa-arctic-headed-for-ice-free-summers/
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/04/game-thrones-climate-change-winter
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/apr/08/climate-change-air-turbulence
http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/stunning-rate-of-ice-andes-melts/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJUA4cm0Rck&feature=em-subs_digest-vrecs

@frigate1985 And if all those links are boring or too arcane, here’s one short video that’s easy to grasp and has the added bonus of being pretty hilarious. Pipa the weather woman tells too much truth.

Illuminati propaganda.