Comments on: Marty Mlynczak: ‘Our atmosphere breathes sun’s energy’

By: John

John — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:40:40 +0000

This tends to support why I think global warming and CO2 increases, even if true, would not a big deal (especially when compared to the more pressing needs of clean water, etc). The ideal gas formula PV=nRT suggests to me that the atmosphere should expand when heated, thus leading to more cooling and equilibrium. I wonder why I don’t read much about that.

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By: a p garcia

a p garcia — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:32:00 +0000

The Earth’s atmosphere contracts and expands according to the Sun. What do you think brought down the space station “Skylab”. The Sun expanded the upper atmosphere so “Skylab” encountered the upper atmosphere and its orbit decayed much sooner than expected. Whithout this, it was hoped that “Skylab” would stay up until it could be rescuted by The Space Shuttle.

By: Benjamin Napier

Benjamin Napier — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:03:48 +0000

I think the term “breathing” is dangerous from a context point of view. It anthropromorphizes what is essentially an inaminate object. The earth, as far as we can tell is a rock with water on it spinning in a universe we are still trying to define. I would not say it “breathes”. I would say the gasses that comprise our atmosphere expand and contract as they absorb and release energy. I would also say we are not totally sure of the types and amounts of radiant energy the earth is subjected to.

By: patrick

patrick — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:35:12 +0000

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By: mememine69

mememine69 — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:01:14 +0000

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/na.html

2006 – 2008 Trend = -44.25 degF / Decade COOLING
2005 – 2008 Trend = -16.35 degF / Decade COOLING
2004 – 2008 Trend = -1.50 degF / Decade COOLING
2003 – 2008 Trend = -0.69 degF / Decade COOLING
2002 – 2008 Trend = -2.47 degF / Decade COOLING
2001 – 2008 Trend = -0.17 degF / Decade COOLING
2000 – 2008 Trend = -0.74 degF / Decade COOLING
1999 – 2008 Trend = -1.08 degF / Decade COOLING
1998 – 2008 Trend = -1.77 degF / Decade COOLING
1997 – 2008 Trend = -0.15 degF / Decade COOLING

By: Michelle Cook

Michelle Cook — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:10:58 +0000

I think that is soooo neat. I told my grandchildren how the earth breaths and their eyes opened as big as door knobs. They did not believe me at first.I told them to ask their teachers to see their reaction, then hand them the proof on paper. Thank you for sharing your research with others.